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Re: st: question regarding multiple imputation using ICE command
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Fred Wolfe <[email protected]>
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Re: st: question regarding multiple imputation using ICE command
Date
Tue, 9 Mar 2010 07:52:41 -0600
With respect to normality, the help file says,
"With the boot option, steps 2-4 are replaced by a bootstrap
estimation of beta_star and sigma_star, obtained by regressing yvar on
xvars after taking a bootstrap sample of the non-missing observations.
This has the advantage of robustness since the distribution of beta
is no longer assumed to be multivariate normal."
Fred Wolfe
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 6:07 AM, Katya Mauff <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear all
>
> I am attempting to impute several variables (all MAR as far as I can tell) using the ICE command in Stata, specifically, weight (continuous) and number of mutations (categorical 4 levels).
>
> The data I have on weight is bimodal, and the ICE command requires a normality assumption. I've attempted to determine why the split in the weight data occurs with respect to other available information, and have run a regression of weight on several possible culprit variables (e.g age and pregnancy status). When I run the regression, my residuals are approximately normal.
>
> My first question is thus: if I run the ICE command including all the variables in the earlier regression command, do I still have to normalize weight? (and if so-possible suggestions on how to do this (?) seeing as the split is not determined by any single variable...)
>
> My second question is with regards to the perfect prediction message I get when running the ICE command for the variable indicating mutation numbers- Do I have to use (e.g.) pred_eq or check_eq? Or will the use of augmlogit correct for the perfect prediction in my equation?
>
> Kind Regards
> Katya Mauff
>
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