Here's a new answer -- and software -- for the question of how many imputations to use.
- Short blog post: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__missingdata.org_how-2Dmany-2Dimputations-2Ddo-2Dyou-2Dneed&d=DwIBaQ&c=yHlS04HhBraes5BQ9ueu5zKhE7rtNXt_d012z2PA6ws&r=N9mDDDuK1isnKK-Q36bwNuZl066Rn4cNQtKxtVKMnWBnZ5yXlXHty3gF6wWXsdE6&m=sXGczqH_JShWLIIDwAIFSiMnjQERj7CvNymQn0dEYKk&s=uFtGvFL8QgiJBV2WBh3zsvw8YOzpNK9ulIhF832CD3A&e= - Longer article: von Hippel, Paul T. (2018). "How many imputations do you need? A two-stage calculation using a quadratic rule." *Sociological Methods and Research*, in press. A version of the article is available as an arXiv e-print <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__arxiv.org_abs_1608.05406&d=DwIBaQ&c=yHlS04HhBraes5BQ9ueu5zKhE7rtNXt_d012z2PA6ws&r=N9mDDDuK1isnKK-Q36bwNuZl066Rn4cNQtKxtVKMnWBnZ5yXlXHty3gF6wWXsdE6&m=sXGczqH_JShWLIIDwAIFSiMnjQERj7CvNymQn0dEYKk&s=mkTsp3E9ygHCCoVtf91yFuKL0B5-4RK_78uz0eVROF0&e=>. Best wishes, Paul von Hippel Associate Professor of Public Policy, Sociology, Statistics and Data Science paulvonhippel.com LBJ School of Public Affairs University of Texas, Austin
