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. 2019 Jun;110:63–73. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2019.02.016

Table 1.

Description of the imputation models used for both MCAR and MAR data

Imputation model Variables included RY2a
1 (least auxiliary information) Y, X 0.36
2 Y, X, Z3 0.40
3 Y, X, Z1 0.52
4 Y, X, Z1–4 0.76
5 (most auxiliary information) Y, X, Z1–11 0.92
a

RY2, the total coefficient of multiple correlation with the outcome Y for all variables included in the imputation model, is displayed as a measure of the strength of the auxiliary information in each imputation model.