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| From | john ebireri <jebireri@yahoo.com> |
| To | "statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | st: Re: Multiple Imputation (MI) |
| Date | Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:28:33 -0800 (PST) |
Dear Statalist Users, I'm sorry about the initial mix-up. I know what secondary data is. I'm actually asking if Multiple Imputation is suitable for handling missing observations in secondary data? John. ----- Original Message ----- From: john ebireri <jebireri@yahoo.com> To: "statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> Cc: Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 4:28 PM Subject: Multiple Imputation (MI) Dear Statalist Users, I just want to ask if MI is suitable only for primary data I have read a few papers on MI and they keep talking about it used for missings in survey data. Is it suitable for this method (MI) to be used in handling missing data in secondary data? Thanks. * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/