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* xtmispanel — Example / Test Do-File
* Author:  Dr. Merwan Roudane (merwanroudane920@gmail.com)
* Date:    03 March 2026
* Version: 1.0.0
*
* This do-file demonstrates all features of the xtmispanel command
* using simulated panel data with intentionally introduced missing values.
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clear all
set more off
set seed 12345

* ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
* STEP 1: Create simulated balanced panel data
*         10 panels × 30 time periods = 300 observations
*         3 variables: GDP, Investment, Trade
* ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

di _n "{hline 78}"
di "{bf:STEP 1: Creating simulated panel data}"
di "{hline 78}"

local N = 10
local T = 30
local nobs = `N' * `T'
set obs `nobs'

* Panel and time identifiers
gen country = ceil(_n / `T')
gen year = 1990 + mod(_n - 1, `T')
label var country "Country ID"
label var year "Year"

* Generate base variables with panel-specific intercepts
gen double GDP       = 5 + 0.5 * country + 0.1 * (year - 1990) + rnormal(0, 1)
gen double Investment = 2 + 0.3 * country + 0.05 * (year - 1990) + 0.6 * GDP + rnormal(0, 0.8)
gen double Trade     = 1 + 0.2 * country + 0.08 * (year - 1990) + 0.4 * GDP + rnormal(0, 0.7)

label var GDP "Log GDP per capita"
label var Investment "Investment (% of GDP)"
label var Trade "Trade Openness"

* Set panel structure
xtset country year
di _n "Panel data created: `N' countries × `T' years = `nobs' observations"

* ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
* STEP 2: Introduce missing values of different types
*         - MCAR: random 10% in GDP
*         - MAR:  missing in Investment when GDP is low (bottom quartile)
*         - Block: entire periods missing for some panels in Trade
* ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

di _n "{hline 78}"
di "{bf:STEP 2: Introducing missing values (MCAR, MAR, Block patterns)}"
di "{hline 78}"

* MCAR in GDP (random 10%)
replace GDP = . if runiform() < 0.10

* MAR in Investment (missing when GDP was low — bottom quartile)
qui su GDP, detail
replace Investment = . if GDP < r(p25) & GDP != .

* Additional random MAR in Investment
replace Investment = . if runiform() < 0.05

* Block missingness in Trade (entire years missing for countries 3, 7)
replace Trade = . if inlist(country, 3, 7) & inrange(year, 2005, 2010)

* Random scattered missing in Trade
replace Trade = . if runiform() < 0.08

di "Missing values introduced:"
foreach v in GDP Investment Trade {
    qui count if missing(`v')
    di "  `v': " r(N) " missing"
}


* ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
* STEP 3: MODULE 1 — Detection & Summary Tables
* ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

di _n(3) "{hline 78}"
di "{bf:STEP 3: Running xtmispanel detection module}"
di "{hline 78}" _n

xtmispanel GDP Investment Trade, detect


* ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
* STEP 4: MODULE 2 — Mechanism Tests
* ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

di _n(3) "{hline 78}"
di "{bf:STEP 4: Running xtmispanel mechanism tests}"
di "{hline 78}" _n

xtmispanel GDP Investment Trade, test

* Display stored results
di _n "Stored results from test:"
di "  Mechanism:  " r(mechanism)
di "  MCAR chi2:  " r(mcar_chi2)
di "  MCAR p-val: " r(mcar_pval)


* ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
* STEP 5: MODULE 3 — Single Imputation (various methods)
* ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

di _n(3) "{hline 78}"
di "{bf:STEP 5: Testing individual imputation methods}"
di "{hline 78}" _n

* 5a. Linear interpolation for GDP
di "{bf:5a. Linear interpolation for GDP}" _n
xtmispanel GDP, impute(linear) replace

* 5b. MICE for Investment
di _n "{bf:5b. MICE imputation for Investment}" _n
xtmispanel Investment, impute(mice) generate(Investment_mice) mice(10)

* 5c. KNN for Trade
di _n "{bf:5c. KNN imputation for Trade}" _n
xtmispanel Trade, impute(knn) generate(Trade_knn) knn(7)

* 5d. EM algorithm for Trade
di _n "{bf:5d. EM imputation for Trade}" _n
xtmispanel Trade, impute(em) generate(Trade_em)

* 5e. Random Forest-style for Trade
di _n "{bf:5e. Random Forest-style imputation for Trade}" _n
xtmispanel Trade, impute(rf) generate(Trade_rf)

* 5f. PMM for Trade
di _n "{bf:5f. Predictive Mean Matching for Trade}" _n
xtmispanel Trade, impute(pmm) generate(Trade_pmm)


* ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
* STEP 6: MODULE 4 — Sensitivity Analysis
* ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

di _n(3) "{hline 78}"
di "{bf:STEP 6: Running sensitivity analysis for Trade}"
di "{hline 78}" _n

xtmispanel Trade, sensitivity

* Display recommendation
di _n "Recommended method: " r(best_method)
di "Mean change:        " r(best_dmean_pct) "%"


* ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
* STEP 7: MODULE 5 — Visualization
* ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

di _n(3) "{hline 78}"
di "{bf:STEP 7: Generating diagnostic visualizations}"
di "{hline 78}" _n

* Basic graphs (without density overlay)
xtmispanel GDP Investment Trade, graph

* Display the combined dashboard
graph display xtmis_combined

* With density overlay (compare original Trade vs imputed)
xtmispanel GDP Investment Trade, graph impvar(Trade_knn)

* Display individual graphs
graph display xtmis_heatmap
graph display xtmis_density


* ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
* STEP 8: Export graphs
* ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

di _n(3) "{hline 78}"
di "{bf:STEP 8: Exporting graphs}"
di "{hline 78}" _n

capture {
    graph export "xtmis_heatmap.png",  name(xtmis_heatmap)  replace width(1200)
    graph export "xtmis_barvar.png",   name(xtmis_barvar)   replace width(1200)
    graph export "xtmis_barpanel.png", name(xtmis_barpanel) replace width(1200)
    graph export "xtmis_bartime.png",  name(xtmis_bartime)  replace width(1200)
    graph export "xtmis_pattern.png",  name(xtmis_pattern)  replace width(1200)
    graph export "xtmis_timeline.png", name(xtmis_timeline) replace width(1200)
    graph export "xtmis_combined.png", name(xtmis_combined) replace width(1200)
    graph export "xtmis_density.png",  name(xtmis_density)  replace width(1200)
}

di _n "Graphs exported to PNG files."


* ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
* STEP 9: Full workflow — best practice
* ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

di _n(3) "{hline 78}"
di "{bf:STEP 9: Full best-practice workflow}"
di "{hline 78}" _n

di "{bf:Step 9.1: Detect and test}" _n
xtmispanel Trade, detect test

di _n "{bf:Step 9.2: Sensitivity analysis}" _n
xtmispanel Trade, sensitivity

di _n "{bf:Step 9.3: Impute with best method}" _n
* Based on sensitivity results, impute
xtmispanel Trade, impute(linear) generate(Trade_best) replace

di _n "{bf:Step 9.4: Verify with visualization}" _n
xtmispanel Trade, graph impvar(Trade_best)
graph display xtmis_density


* ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
* DONE
* ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

di _n(2) "{hline 78}"
di "{bf:ALL TESTS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY}"
di "{hline 78}"
di "xtmispanel v1.0.0 — All modules functional"
di "  Module 1: Detection tables    ✓"
di "  Module 2: Mechanism tests     ✓"
di "  Module 3: Imputation (13)     ✓"
di "  Module 4: Sensitivity         ✓"
di "  Module 5: Visualization (8)   ✓"
di "{hline 78}"