Keywords: R-function ampute, Multivariate Amputation, Missing Data Methodology, Simulation Studies
Webpages:
https://github.com/RianneSchouten/mice/blob/ampute/vignettes/Vignette_Ampute.pdf,
https://www.rdocumentation.org/packages/mice/versions/2.30/topics/ampute,
https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/mice/index.html Abstract: Missing data are a ubiquitous problem in scientific research, especially since most statistical analyses require complete data. To evaluate the performance of methods dealing with missing data, researchers perform simulation studies. An important aspect of these studies is the generation of missing values in complete data (i.e. the amputation procedure) and this procedure will be our focus.
Since no amputation software was available, we developed and implemented an extensive amputation procedure into an R-function: ampute (available in multiple imputation package
mice). We will show that the multivariate amputation approach generates legitimate missing data problems.
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We will provide evidence that ampute overcomes the problems of stepwise univariate amputation. With ampute, we have an efficient amputation method to accurately evaluate missing data methodology.
