[R] Is there a good package for multiple imputation of missing values in R?
Frank E Harrell Jr
f.harrell at vanderbilt.edu
Mon Jun 30 14:42:05 CEST 2008
Robert A. LaBudde wrote:
> I'm looking for a package that has a start-of-the-art method of
> imputation of missing values in a data frame with both continuous and
> factor columns.
>
> I've found transcan() in 'Hmisc', which appears to be possibly suited to
> my needs, but I haven't been able to figure out how to get a new data
> frame with the imputed values replaced (I don't have Herrell's book).
>
> Any pointers would be appreciated.
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> Robert A. LaBudde, PhD, PAS, Dpl. ACAFS e-mail: ral at lcfltd.com
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>
In Hmisc the aregImpute function works much better than transcan for
multiple imputation. The fit.mult.impute function will draw the imputed
values to fit a regression model multiple times and average the
regression coefficient estimates. Type ?aregImpute to find out how to
get an imputed dataset if not using fit.mult.impute.
Frank
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Department of Biostatistics Vanderbilt University
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