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100			_aCurley, Cali _932487
245			_aDealing with Missing Data: A Comparative Exploration of Approaches Using the Integrated City Sustainability Database
260			_bSage _c2019
300			_aVol 55, Issue 2, 2019 : (591-615 p.)
520			_aStudies of governments and local organizations using survey data have played a critical role in the development of urban studies and related disciplines. However, missing data pose a daunting challenge for this research. This article seeks to raise awareness about the treatment of missing data in urban studies research by comparing and evaluating three commonly used approaches to deal with missing data—listwise deletion, single imputation, and multiple imputation. Comparative analyses illustrate the relative performance of these approaches using the second-generation Integrated City Sustainability Database (ICSD). The results demonstrate the benefit of using an approach to missing data based on multiple imputation, using a theoretically informed and statistically supported set of predictor variables to develop a more complete sample that is free of issues raised by nonresponse in survey data. The results confirm the usefulness of the ICSD in the study of environmental and sustainability and other policy in U.S. cities. We conclude with a discussion of results and provide a set of recommendations for urban researcher scholars.
650			_aimputation _934160
650			_amissing data _934161
650			_aurban policy _934162
650			_asustainability _931090
700			_aKrause, Rachel M. _934163
700			_aFeiock, Richard _934164
773	0		_010947 _915473 _dSage, 2019. _tUrban affairs review
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1177/1078087417726394
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