Chunk #22 — Method — Analysis — Missing Data

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Polygenic Score × Intervention Moderation: an Application of Discrete-Time Survival Analysis to Model the Timing of First Marijuana Use Among Urban Youth.

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Using full information maximum likelihood estimation, Mplus (Muthén & Muthén, 1998–2012) assumes that the data were missing at random. This technique adjusts the estimates of the parameters for attrition. Full information maximum likelihood is considered the appropriate method for handing data missing at random (Muthén & Sheden, 1999; Shafer & Graham, 2002).