R: Linear regression for 'mids' object

lm.mids {mice} | R Documentation

## Linear regression for `mids` object

### Description

Applies `lm()` to multiply imputed data set

### Usage

    lm.mids(formula, data, ...)

### Arguments

`formula` | a formula object, with the response on the left of a ~ operator, and the terms, separated by + operators, on the right. See the documentation of `lm` and `formula` for details.
`data` | An object of type 'mids', which stands for 'multiply imputed data set', typically created by a call to function `mice()`.
`...` | Additional parameters passed to `lm`

### Details

This function is included for backward compatibility with V1.0. The function is superseded by `with.mids`.

### Value

An objects of class `mira`, which stands for 'multiply imputed repeated analysis'. This object contains `data$m` distinct `lm.objects`, plus some descriptive information.

### Author(s)

Stef van Buuren, Karin Groothuis-Oudshoorn, 2000

### References

Van Buuren, S., Groothuis-Oudshoorn, K. (2011). `mice`: Multivariate Imputation by Chained Equations in `R`. Journal of Statistical Software, 45(3), 1-67. https://www.jstatsoft.org/v45/i03/

### See Also

`lm`, `mids`, `mira`

### Examples

    imp <- mice(nhanes)
    fit <- lm.mids(bmi~hyp+chl, data = imp)
    fit

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