i'd start by trying the square root transformation and imputing as normal.
you can then round to integers if you like.
Gary
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On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Alicia Doyle Lynch
<aliciadlynch(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
I would like to impute a variable that counts the
number of delinquent
acts an individual engaged in in the last year. The variable will be used
as an outcome and has a 0-inflated distribution so it will need to have all
integer values if it is to be analyzed in a 0 inflated model.
Does anyone have thoughts on whether it's better to 1. impute this
variable as ordinal in order to obtain all integer values versus 2. impute
as continuous and recode the values to integers after imputation?
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