SPECIFIC POSSIBILITIES IN MISSING VALUES ANALYSIS IN EMPIRICAL RESEARCHES

The study considered an option for the introduction of missing values, which is based on the use of the latent variables, and the factor analysis - exploratory and confirmatory for evaluation of the values of the missing variable. Аs an example of the application of this idea is used the Labor Force Survey in Bulgaria, conducted by the National Statistical Institute in 2007, but the findings and conclusions can be applied to all mass studies in which missing values are observed.