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Ian:  If it is appropriate for your data, you might try multiple imputation using a package such as mice.  There good reasons not to follow an imputation route, but if there are not too many missing attributes these various imputation packages can provide a meaningful alternative.  Just make sure the imputation method is consistent with your theory. -VP

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Subject: Missing value in R

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I'm doing an ergm using the statnet package in R.  I am fitting a model with nodecov and nodefactor terms, but I have some missing attribute values on some nodes.  Any recommendations on how to handle this, mainly for the nodecov mimetic term?  Obviously, I don't want similarity in missing info to contribute to the likelihood of a link.  I'm not that R literate, so I am hoping there is some convenient code that handles this in an accepted manner someone can share with me.

Thanks

Ian McCulloh, Ph.D
Curtin University

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