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Update Little's Test Description
* Update Little test description in missing data vignette
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DESCRIPTION

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Package: miceFast
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Title: Fast Imputations Using 'Rcpp' and 'Armadillo'
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Version: 0.9.1
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Version: 0.9.1.9000
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Authors@R: person("Maciej", "Nasinski", email = "nasinski.maciej@gmail.com", role = c("aut", "cre"))
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Description:
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Fast imputations under the object-oriented programming paradigm.

NEWS.md

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# miceFast 0.9.1.9000
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* Update the Little test description in the missing data and imputation vignette.
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# miceFast 0.9.1
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## Bug fixes

vignettes/missing-data-and-imputation.Rmd

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**Testing for MCAR:**
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MCAR is the only mechanism that can be tested from the observed data.
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Little's (1988) test compares the means of observed values across
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different missingness patterns; a significant result rejects MCAR.
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However, failure to reject does not prove MCAR. The test has limited
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power, especially with small samples or few patterns. It is a necessary
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different missingness patterns. The failure to reject does not prove MCAR.
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The Little's test is not a satisfactory way to determine if a missingness is MCAR.
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For example, in the case of omitted variables. We always have to understand the missingness process.
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Moreover, the test has limited power, especially with small samples or few patterns. It is a necessary
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check, not a sufficient one.
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**Implications:**

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