Application Week2

For the Complete data set the average score on quiz1 was 7.47 (SD = 2.481, SEM = 0.242). For
the data set, one with 20 missing cases, the average score on quiz1 was 7.41 (SD=2.537,
SEM=0.275), whereas for the data set, one with no missing cases (using the imputed mean), the
average score on quiz1 was 7.412 (SD=2.279, SEM=0.2225)
If we compare the descriptive statistics for all three data sets, we observe that the values of
descriptive statistics are approximately same. The overall mean with or without replacing mean
is approximately same (Little, R.J.A. & Rubin, D.B,. 1987). Also the standard error of mean has
been decreased when we replace the missing values with mean. For the complete data, standard
error of mean was 0.242, for data with missing values, standard error of mean was found to be
0.275, whereas for the data set with imputed mean, the value of standard error of mean was
reduced to 0.225.
Hence, we can conclude that, replacing missing values with imputed mean does not affect the
mean (Allison, P. D., 2001) and standard deviation, but it reduces the standard error of mean
considerable. Hence with the help of imputed mean we just the increase the sample size
(Howell,D. C., 2007)with no effect on mean and standard deviation and reduce the standard error
of mean.

References:
Allison, P. D. (2001) Missing Data Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications
Howell,D. C. (2007) The analysis of missing data. In Outhwaite, W. & Turner, S. Handbook of
Social Science Methodology. London:
Little, R.J.A. & Rubin, D.B. (1987) Statistical analysis with missing data. New York, Wiley