semTools (version 0.5-7)

runMI-deprecated: Fit a lavaan Model to Multiple Imputed Data Sets

Description

This function fits a lavaan model to a list of imputed data sets, and can also implement multiple imputation for a single data.frame with missing observations, using either the Amelia package or the mice package.

Usage

runMI(model, data, fun = "lavaan", ...,
      m, miArgs = list(), miPackage = "Amelia", seed = 12345)
lavaan.mi(model, data, ...,
          m, miArgs = list(), miPackage = "Amelia", seed = 12345)
cfa.mi(model, data, ...,
       m, miArgs = list(), miPackage = "Amelia", seed = 12345)
sem.mi(model, data, ...,
       m, miArgs = list(), miPackage = "Amelia", seed = 12345)
growth.mi(model, data, ...,
          m, miArgs = list(), miPackage = "Amelia", seed = 12345)

Value

A OLDlavaan.mi object

Arguments

model

The analysis model can be specified using lavaan::model.syntax() or a lavaan::parTable()

data

A data.frame with missing observations, or a list of imputed data sets (if data are imputed already). If runMI() has already been called, then imputed data sets are stored in the @DataList slot, so data= can also be an OLDlavaan.mi object from which the same imputed data will be used for additional analyses.

fun

character. Name of a specific lavaan function used to fit model= to data= (i.e., "lavaan", "cfa", "sem", or "growth"). Only required for runMI().

...

additional arguments to pass to lavaan::lavaan() or lavaan::lavaanList(). See also lavaan::lavOptions(). Note that lavaanList provides parallel computing options, as well as a FUN argument so the user can extract custom output after the model is fitted to each imputed data set (see Examples). TIP: If a custom FUN is used and parallel = "snow" is requested, the user-supplied function should explicitly call library or use :: for any functions not part of the base distribution.

m

integer. Request the number of imputations. Ignored if data= is already a list of imputed data sets or an OLDlavaan.mi object.

miArgs

Addition arguments for the multiple-imputation function (miPackage). The arguments should be put in a list (see example below). Ignored if data= is already a list of imputed data sets or an OLDlavaan.mi object.

miPackage

Package to be used for imputation. Currently these functions only support "Amelia" or "mice" for imputation. Ignored if data is already a list of imputed data sets or an OLDlavaan.mi object.

seed

integer. Random number seed to be set before imputing the data. Ignored if data is already a list of imputed data sets or an OLDlavaan.mi object.

Author

Terrence D. Jorgensen (University of Amsterdam; )

References

Enders, C. K. (2010). Applied missing data analysis. New York, NY: Guilford.

Rubin, D. B. (1987). Multiple imputation for nonresponse in surveys. New York, NY: Wiley.

See Also

semTools-deprecated()

semTools-deprecated()

semTools-deprecated()

semTools-deprecated()

semTools-deprecated()

Examples

## See the new lavaan.mi package