[R] Package norm has been removed. What to use for Maximum Likelihood Missing Data Imputation?

[Uwe Ligges]

The package is ORPHANED (i.e. no active maintainer) and does not pass 
the checks for recent versions of R anymore.
If you think the package is very useful for you, you may want to become 
its new active maintainer. Just take the sources from the archive, fix 
and update the package as you like and submit a version that passes the 
checks to CRAN.

Best,
Uwe Ligges





Daniel Abbott wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I apologize if an answer to my questions is available, or if I
> submitted this question incorrectly. I have read the mailing lists, as
> well as the R Project and CRAN homepages. However, I may have missed
> something.
> 
> I noticed the package 'norm' has been removed. Its page
> http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/norm/index.html now reads:
> 
> "Package ‘norm’ was removed from the CRAN repository.
> 
> Formerly available versions can be obtained from the archive."
> 
> My questions are:
> 
> 1. Why was norm removed? I used the package and found it to be very
> useful. Is there a serious error in the package or another problem?
> 
> 2. If norm should no longer be removed, what is another good package
> for ML (maximum likelihood) missing data imputation? I have seen
> several recommendations online, but I wonder which one is currently
> the "reigning champ."
> 
> Thank you very much. I appreciate your time!
> 
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