Since we have to delete observations with missing information for some variables and firms that are not observed in at least two consecutive years, we do not work with the complete sample of the SES-SBS.
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A common approach for handling attrition is to delete observations with missing values, but this complete case analysis can result in a substantial loss of power.
After deleting observations with missing data, we finally get 8052 observations.
After acquiring data from Find the Best and deleting observations with missing variables, our final dataset includes information on 413 different beers.
We then deleted observations to create datasets with equal and unequal dropout rates to investigate bias in the estimated treatment effect and its relation to the analytical approach.
We performed secondary analyses, making a reasonable exception to this rule by deleting observations at visits where the subject was taking hypoglycemic medication.
Fourth, we tested for the effect of influential observations by using 2 approaches: deleting observations with a residual >2 SEs and repeating the main analysis 17 times, each time omitting 1 of the 17 cities from the analysis.
Multiple imputation has several advantages over complete-case analyses, wherein deleted observations lead to diminished precision of the outcome measure, resulting from the reduction of sample size and consequent bias, when the missing data are not randomly distributed.
For each outcome one "disease model" was constructed, with 1982 observations, deleting observations with missing information for either: breed, age, gender, racing (horses used for trotting competition and gallop racing were referred to in the multivariable analysis as "racing"), region or season.
After deleting those observations with missing values that we could not impute, we have a final sample of 6,662 students with an average PISA reading score of 503 points for 2000, and 13,988 observations and an average score of 510 points for 2009.
