MEANING
The pattern or process through which expected values are absent from a dataset.
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Describe absent values and their pattern or mechanism.A concise term for discussing data gaps before imputation, exclusion, or sensitivity analysis.
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- pattern of missingness
- mechanism of missingness
- address missingness
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The team plotted missingness before choosing an imputation strategy.
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- missingness
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In statistics, distinguish missing completely at random (MCAR), missing at random (MAR), and missing not at random (MNAR); these describe different mechanisms.
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