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I have an observational study data set where some people have one measurement and some have 2 or 3. I don't care about the order of the measurements, nor longitudinal trend. I just want to get results without throwing out data - descriptive stats for categorical & continuous variables, and an unadjusted measure of association (binary*binary variable).

Can I use a weighted average for descriptive stats? For measure of association, I can't find recommendations for this situation. I do not want to analyze longitudinal trend. Can someone provide guidance?

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    $\begingroup$ How do you plan to average categorical variables? $\endgroup$
    – Dylan_Gomes
    Dec 10, 2019 at 21:32
  • $\begingroup$ I of course would only average the continuous variables. But is this even an accepted method? $\endgroup$
    – L.S.
    Dec 10, 2019 at 21:53
  • $\begingroup$ 'accepted' probably depends on who you ask, what you are trying to do, etc. Where will these stats go? Who will read them? What are you trying to convey? $\endgroup$
    – Dylan_Gomes
    Dec 11, 2019 at 20:18

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