MCAR: Generate MCAR (missign completely at random) data

Description Usage Arguments Value Examples

Description

Generate MCAR (missign completely at random) data

Usage

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MCAR(x, alpha, pattern, f)

Arguments

x

data frame where missing observations should be generated in.

alpha

proportion of cases that will get a missing data pattern

pattern

a matrix with ncol=ncol(data), nrow=numer of missing data patterns; for each patter 0 indicates missing and 1 observed.

f

frequency of each pattern

Value

A data frame that contains missing observations

Examples

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library(MASS)
x <- mvrnorm(n=100,mu=c(0,0,0), Sigma=matrix(c(5,1,1,1,5,1,1,1,5),3,3))
alpha <- 0.25
pattern <- matrix(c(1,1,0,1,0,1),2,3, byrow=T)
f <- c(0.5,0.5)
MCAR(x,alpha,pattern,f)

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