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Multiple imputation using chained equations: issues and guidance for practice
{Ian R. White Patrick Royston Angela M. Wood}
Abstract
Multiple imputation by chained equations (MICE) is a flexible and practical approach to handling missing data. We describe the principles of the method and show how to impute categorical and quantitative variables, including skewed variables. We give guidance on how to specify the imputation model and how many imputations are needed. We describe the practical analysis of multiply imputed data, including model building and model checking. We stress the limitations of the method and discuss the possible pitfalls. We illustrate the ideas using a data set in mental health, giving Stata code fragments.
Benchmarks
| Benchmark | Methodology | Metrics |
|---|---|---|
| multivariate-time-series-imputation-on | MICE | MAE (PM2.5): 27.42 |
| multivariate-time-series-imputation-on-1 | MICE | MAE (10% of data as GT): 0.634 |
| multivariate-time-series-imputation-on-kdd | MICE | MSE (10% missing): 0.468 |
| multivariate-time-series-imputation-on-uci | MICE | MAE (10% missing): 0.477 |
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