October 29, 1997

Joseph L. Schafer, assistant professor of statistics has authored a book titled Analysis of Incomplete Multivariate Data. The book, published by Chapman and Hall, is written for applied statisticians, biostatisticians, practitioners of sample surveys, graduate students, and other methodologically-oriented researchers in search of practical tools to handle missing data.

It presents a unified approach to the analysis of incomplete multivariate data, covering data sets in which the variables are continuous, categorical, or both in order to help bridge the gap between theory and practice. The book has been described as an exceptionally complete, clearly written, and useful text on missing data and multiple imputation.