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Multiple Imputation by Chained Equations (MICE): Implementation in Stata

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Royston, Patrick, White, Ian·2011·Journal of Statistical Software

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Missing data are a common occurrence in real datasets. For epidemiological and prognostic factors studies in medicine, multiple imputation is becoming the standard route to estimating models with missing covariate data under a missing-at-random assumption. We describe ice, an implementation in Stata of the MICE approach to multiple imputation. Real data from an observational study in ovarian cancer are used to illustrate the most important of the many options available with ice. We remark briefly on the new database architecture and procedures for multiple imputation introduced in releases 11 and 12 of Stata.

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Authors
Royston, P., & White, I.
Venue
Journal of Statistical Software
Published
2011
Volume
45
Issue
4
ISSN
1548-7660 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1781481323
Cited by
1,248
References
22
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20.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
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cc-by
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Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Data Analysis with R
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Advanced Causal Inference Techniques
Keywords
multiple imputation, chained equations, mice, missing data, missing at random, Stata, ovarian cancer, database architecture

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