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syn.passive

Passive synthesis

Description

Derives a new variable according to a specified function of synthesised data.

Usage

syn.passive(data, func)

Arguments

`data`	a data frame with synthesised data.
`func`	a `formula` specifying transformations on data. It is specified as a string starting with `~`.

Details

Any function of the synthesised data can be specified. Note that several operators such as +, -, * and ^ have different meanings in formula syntax. Use the identity function I() if they should be interpreted as arithmetic operators, e.g. "~I(age^2)".

Value

A list with two components:

`res`	a vector of length `k` including the result of applying the `formula`.
`fit`	a name of the method used for synthesis (`"passive"`).

Author(s)

Stef van Buuren, Karin Groothuis-Oudshoorn, 2000

References

Van Buuren, S. and 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/