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Dealing with Missing Values

The phenomena of missing values are a fairly common observance when conducting research. It can be rare for researchers to collect all the intended data from each and every case. Many times, cases are dropped when data are missing from one or more variables. It is helpful for researchers to provide information on what data values are missing, and why.

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