Susanna Gordleeva, Yulia Dembitskaya, Victor Kazantsev, Eugene B Postnikov
Estimation of cumulative amplitude distributions of miniature postsynaptic currents allows characterising their multimodality, quantal size and variability
Scientific reports
physical literacy comprises range tests four domains physical competence daily behaviour motivation confidence knowledge understanding patterns missing data large field test batteries physical literacy largely unknown therefore aim paper explore patterns possible reasons missing data royal bank canada learn playcanadian assessment physical literacy rbc learn playcapl project total 10034 canadian children aged 8 12 years participated rbc learn playcapl project 32variable subset larger capl dataset used analyses several r packages hmisc mice vim used generate matrices plots missing data perform multiple imputations overall proportion missing data individual measures domains ranged 00 338 average proportion missing data 40 largest proportion missing data capl pedometer step counts followed components physical competence domain childrens selfperception adequacy predilection physical activity subscales domain scores regressed five imputed subsets original subset reference small statistically detectable differences daily behaviour score 16 17 p 0001 however domain scores differences negligible statistically undetectable 001 006 p 005 study implications researchers educators creating using large fieldbased assessment measures areas physical literacy physical activity physical fitness study demonstrates problems data collection arise missing data avoided large proportions missing data present imputation techniques correction factors treatment options may required