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> Good question, David. Yes, there is (see link below), I just forgot to
> mention it.
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>
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLVMB_25.0.0/statistics_reference_project_ddita/spss/mva/syn_multiple_imputation_constraints.html>
> See MIN = NONE | num and MAX = NONE | num. You can also specify RND=1 to
> round imputed values to the nearest integer.
>
> Bruce
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> David Marso wrote
>> That sounds a bit fishy. Is there any way to constrain the imputed values
>> to
>> be between 1-5 ? I am not that familiar with MI.
>>
>>
>> Bruce Weaver wrote
>>> Hi Gene. Here's a partially baked suggestion: How about recoding 3 to
>>> -3
>>> (or some other out of range value for counts), treating it as missing,
>>> and
>>> using multiple imputation?
>>>
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>>> Maguin, Eugene wrote
>>>> I'd appreciate some suggestions or advice on analyzing the following
>>>> type
>>>> of data. Somebody here has school-level data on the number of EMS calls
>>>> made during a semester for kids. The element that I need help with is
>>>> that
>>>> the school district decided it needed to preserve something and so
>>>> recoded
>>>> the data so that schools with 1 thru 5 calls in a semester were given a
>>>> value of 3, otherwise the true value was recorded. So the distribution
>>>> looks, for example, like 0, 3, 6, 8, 9, 12, etc. I have the enrollment
>>>> at
>>>> each school so I can compute a rate but because of the grouping it is
>>>> not
>>>> accurate. What am asking for is direct advice from anybody who has
>>>> analyzed such data, references to articles about how such data can
>>>> be/has
>>>> been analyzed, how this type of data would be described as for a search
>>>> term (I know that work has been done with completely grouped counts),
>>>> or
>>>> where (other listservs, for instance, to look for advice etc.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, Gene Magin
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