This paper reviews models for incomplete continuous and categorical longitudinal data. In terms of Rubin's classification of missing value processes we are specifically concerned with the problem of nonrandom missingness. A distinction is drawn between the classes of selection and pattern-mixture models and, using several examples, these approaches are compared and contrasted. The central roles of identifiability and sensitivity are emphasized throughout.
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