Clyde B Schechter <clyde.schechter@einstein.yu.edu> asks if there is a Stata
command which allows to drop specific imputations.
> Working with a data set that has a great deal of missing information, I
> sometimes end up over-generating imputations. That is, my initial estimate
> of the number of imputations I will need ends up too high. It would be nice
> to be able to tell Stata to simply drop some of them, rather than having to
> start over and generate a smaller number.
The functionality Clyde is looking for is provided by -mi set-. To delete
specific imputations, for example, 1, 3, and 5, Clyde can type
. mi set m -= (1 3 5)
Clyde may also be interested in -mi set M- to delete imputations from the end.
There is a section in -help mi set- describing these two features.
-- Yulia
ymarchenko@stata.com
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