convert an amelia object to a mice object

convert an amelia object to a mice object

Usage

margot_amelia_to_mice(amelia_obj)

Arguments

amelia_output

an object of class `amelia`, containing imputed datasets from the Amelia package

Value

a `mids` object compatible with the `mice` package, structured with the original dataset and imputed values

Examples

# load Amelia package and perform imputation
library(Amelia)
#> Loading required package: Rcpp
#> ## 
#> ## Amelia II: Multiple Imputation
#> ## (Version 1.8.2, built: 2024-04-10)
#> ## Copyright (C) 2005-2024 James Honaker, Gary King and Matthew Blackwell
#> ## Refer to http://gking.harvard.edu/amelia/ for more information
#> ## 
data(africa) # example dataset from Amelia package
amelia_output <- amelia(x = africa, m = 5, idvars = "country") # impute data
#> -- Imputation 1 --
#> 
#>   1  2  3  4
#> 
#> -- Imputation 2 --
#> 
#>   1  2  3  4
#> 
#> -- Imputation 3 --
#> 
#>   1  2
#> 
#> -- Imputation 4 --
#> 
#>   1  2  3
#> 
#> -- Imputation 5 --
#> 
#>   1  2  3
#> 

# convert amelia object to mice object
mids_obj <- margot_amelia_to_mice(amelia_output)

# verify mids object
print(mids_obj)
#> Class: mids
#> Number of multiple imputations:  5 
#> Imputation methods:
#>   gdp_pc    trade 
#> "amelia" "amelia" 
#> PredictorMatrix:
#> NULL