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Erratum to: What impact do assumptions about missing data have on conclusions? a practical sensitivity analysis for a cancer survival registry

BMC Medical Research Methodology volume 17, Article number: 51 (2017) Cite this article

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Erratum

After the publication of the original article [1], it came to the author’s attention that an error affecting Figures 2 and 3, and the Additional files, has occurred.

During the author proofing stage, an instruction was made to move Figs. 2 and 3 to the Additional files. The instruction was misinterpreted by the Production team, resulting in the files being retained as Figs. 2 and 3, and the Additional files being subsequently incorrect.

The original article has now been updated to rectify this error.

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  1. Smuk M, Carpenter JR, Morris TP. What impact do assumptions about missing data have on conclusions? A practical sensitivity analysis for a cancer survival registry. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2017;6:21. doi:10.1186/s12874-017-0301-0.

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  1. Centre for Psychiatry, Queen Mary University of London, Charterhouse Square, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK

    M. Smuk

  2. Medical Statistics Department, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

    J. R. Carpenter & T. P. Morris

  3. London Hub for Trials Methodology Research, MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, London, UK

    J. R. Carpenter & T. P. Morris

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Smuk, M., Carpenter, J.R. & Morris, T.P. Erratum to: What impact do assumptions about missing data have on conclusions? a practical sensitivity analysis for a cancer survival registry. BMC Med Res Methodol 17, 51 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-017-0323-7

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