R中三级数据的多重插补

Question

我有一个三级数据集，其中包含嵌套在个人内的几天之内嵌套的纵向数据（个人在几天内提供了多个纵向测量值）。数据集中的某些基线变量中缺少数据，因此我想执行多次插补。

我知道MICE可以为两个级别的数据提供多个插补（第5个小插图详细介绍了此过程）。

是否可以使用R中当前可用的软件包（例如MICE，Amelia）对三级纵向数据进行多次插补？如果是这样，什么是正确的编码以确保数据正确聚类？

我不能在此处共享数据集，但是我创建了一个示例数据集，以给出有关结构类型的想法（三层数据，协变量中缺少数据）。

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