MI (nonparametric / loess)

Mass imputation with a nonparametric (loess) outcome model. Only a small number of covariates is supported by nonprobsvy; here we fit y ~ x1 + x2.

nonprobsvy version: 0.3.0  |  R: 4.6.0  |  run: 2026-05-24 08:05:57  |  commit: 4b2ba9a

script var_method rep_type num_boot alpha n_reps bias rmse mc_se mean_se coverage ci_width
mi_npar analytic NA NA 0.05 500 0.014 0.090 0.004 0.051 0.742 0.202
mi_npar_boot bootstrap subbootstrap 50 0.05 100 0.015 0.084 0.008 0.079 0.900 0.308

Notes

  • DGP: default.
  • Analytical SE for loess-based MI uses an asymptotic linearisation that, like the NN/PMM variants, doesn’t fully account for smoothing-window variability. Bootstrap is the safer choice for honest inference.