Question: 17. Perform a multiple imputation using m=25 and 42 for the seed. Note that it might take this longer to run because there are many

17. Perform a multiple imputation using m=25 and 42 for the seed. Note that it might take this longer to run because there are many variables and observations in this dataset. Use all the variables in the dataset in the imputation model.

18. Check diagnostics for a) convergence and b) plausibility of the imputed values. What is your assessment of the diagnostics? Do you see any problems?

The SAS System

The MI Procedure

Model Information
Data Set FINAL.NLSYV
Method MCMC
Multiple Imputation Chain Single Chain
Initial Estimates for MCMC EM Posterior Mode
Start Starting Value
Prior Jeffreys
Number of Imputations 25
Number of Burn-in Iterations 200
Number of Iterations 100
Seed for random number generator 42

Missing Data Patterns
Group ppvtr36 momage momed income momrace Freq Percent Group Means
ppvtr36 momage momed income momrace
1 X X X X X 172 43.00 87.546512 23.645349 2.034884 35225 2.389535
2 X X X X . 61 15.25 83.918033 23.655738 2.065574 20455 .
3 X X X . X 40 10.00 81.975000 23.025000 2.000000 . 2.100000
4 X X X . . 23 5.75 85.043478 23.130435 2.217391 . .
5 X X . X X 18 4.50 87.555556 24.277778 . 77609 2.055556
6 X X . X . 7 1.75 85.285714 22.571429 . 10562 .
7 X X . . X 2 0.50 84.500000 26.500000 . . 2.500000
8 X X . . . 2 0.50 87.500000 23.000000 . . .
9 . X X X X 35 8.75 . 24.457143 2.057143 22963 2.457143
10 . X X X . 18 4.50 . 24.388889 1.888889 19713 .
11 . X X . X 8 2.00 . 24.250000 1.875000 . 2.250000
12 . X X . . 3 0.75 . 25.333333 2.333333 . .
13 . X . X X 6 1.50 . 26.833333 . 25521 2.166667
14 . X . X . 1 0.25 . 23.000000 . 100001 .
15 . X . . X 2 0.50 . 24.500000 . . 2.500000
16 . X . . . 2 0.50 . 23.500000 . . .

EM (Posterior Mode) Estimates
_TYPE_ _NAME_ ppvtr36 momage momed income momrace
MEAN 85.958631 23.755000 2.054701 31356 2.314806
COV ppvtr36 340.753486 8.998073 5.857543 301304 5.846261
COV momage 8.998073 10.029532 1.168166 86953 0.479500
COV momed 5.857543 1.168166 0.845286 29140 0.069645
COV income 301304 86953 29140 10126930881 9148.763305
COV momrace 5.846261 0.479500 0.069645 9148.763305 0.585287

Variance Information (25 Imputations)
Variable Variance DF Relative Increase in Variance Fraction Missing Information Relative Efficiency
Between Within Total
ppvtr36 0.156165 0.868860 1.031272 248.57 0.186925 0.159223 0.993671
momed 0.000159 0.002159 0.002325 341.99 0.076784 0.071702 0.997140
income 3161077 26001711 29289232 297.42 0.126435 0.113174 0.995493
momrace 0.000592 0.001483 0.002099 139.98 0.414717 0.298153 0.988214

Parameter Estimates (25 Imputations)
Variable Mean Std Error 95%ConfidenceLimits DF Minimum Maximum Mu0 t for H0: Mean=Mu0 Pr>|t|
ppvtr36 85.984401 1.015516 83.98 87.98 248.57 85.437621 87.058063 0 84.67 <.0001
momed 2.054406 0.048219 1.96 2.15 341.99 2.033018 2.078318 0 42.61 <.0001
income 31231 5411.952694 20580.25 41881.40 297.42 28107 34485 0 5.77 <.0001
momrace 2.321739 0.045811 2.23 2.41 139.98 2.264033 2.378004 0 50.68 <.0001

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