I am a new subscriber to this group so I hope that this question is not too simple. I have looked at the archives but it does not seem to be covered.
I am using SPSS for my analysis. I have both MCAR and non-random missing data. The non-random missing data comes from questions about religion where some people have just refused to answer any of the questions. I am planning to use EM to impute the missing data for the items with MCAR data. The non-random missing data is a bit trickier. I don't want to dump the items with non-random missing data because they are important. I can't dump the people who didn't answer the items because that would introduce bias. Although the SPSS manual suggests that EM is not suitable for data which is not missing at random I see that as my best option. What do people normally do in this sought of situation? Thanks Don Baken Don Baken Graduate Assisstant School of Psychology Massey University New Zealand
