My experience is that authors who use MI seldom report the number of imputations they used.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ David R. Johnson Professor of Sociology, Human Development and Family Studies, and Demography Department of Sociology 413 Oswald Tower The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802 814-865-9564 [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Allison, Paul D" <[email protected]> To: "Impute" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2016 7:58:55 AM Subject: Re: Typical number of imputations Good question, but I'm not aware of any studies. Paul D. Allison, Professor Department of Sociology University of Pennsylvania 581 McNeil Building 3718 Locust Walk Philadelphia, PA 19104-6299 610-715-5702 419-818-1220 (fax) www.pauldallison.com From: Impute -- Imputations in Data Analysis <[email protected]> on behalf of Paul von Hippel <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 9, 2016 11:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Typical number of imputations Are there studies documenting how many imputations analysts typically use in MI? I know the recommendations, but I'm interested in what users are actually doing -- and whether users are using more imputations now than previously. Best wishes, Paul von Hippel LBJ School of Public Affairs Sid Richardson Hall 3.251 University of Texas, Austin 2315 Red River, Box Y Austin, TX 78712
