Date:         Fri, 25 Feb 2000 11:36:15 -0600
Reply-To:     "Nichols, David" <nichols@SPSS.COM>
Sender:       "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Nichols, David" <nichols@SPSS.COM>
Subject:      Re: hot-deck imputation

Okay, thanks.

David Nichols
Principal Support Statistician and
Manager of Statistical Support
SPSS Inc.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hector E. Maletta [mailto:hmaletta@overnet.com.ar]
> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 11:17 AM
> To: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SPSSX-L] hot-deck imputation
>
>
> "Nichols, David" wrote:
> >
> > But this doesn't meet any definition I've seen of hot deck
> imputation.
>
>         True. I just wanted to mention the kind of imputation
> that SPSS does
> perform.
>
> Hector Maletta
> Universidad del Salvador
> Buenos Aires, Argentina
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Hector E. Maletta [mailto:hmaletta@overnet.com.ar]
> > > Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 11:09 AM
> > > To: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> > > Subject: Re: [SPSSX-L] hot-deck imputation
> > >
> > >
> > > The MISSING VALUES module of SPSS will impute values based on
> > > regression
> > > estimated based on cases with valid information. No such
> > > facility exists
> > > in the BASE module.
> > >
> > > Hector Maletta
> > > Universidad del Salvador
> > > Buenos Aires, Argentina
> > >
>