IMPUTATION AND DELETION METHODS UNDER THE PRESENCE OF MISSING AND OUTLIERS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Authors : Onur Toka, Meral Çetin

Pages : 799-809

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Publication Date : 2016-12-19

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :Missing data and imputation methods are studied in many disciplines.  However, the methods have some different properties and some constraints according to missingness mechanism. In this paper, we examine some deletion and imputation methods’ behaviors under the presence of outliers. We obtain a mean vector and covariance matrix with missing and contaminated data and compare the results of imputation methods using mean square errors. In second application, we use the regression data and examine the effect of missingness on regression model’s parameters. We compare the imputed values with real values and explain the results of classical and robust imputation methods. 
Keywords : ER Algorithm, Missing data, Outliers, Robust imputation, Sequential imputation