<s>
Imputation	B-Algorithm
and	I-Algorithm
Variance	I-Algorithm
Estimation	I-Algorithm
Software	I-Algorithm
(	O
IVEware	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
routines	O
written	O
under	O
various	O
platforms	O
and	O
packaged	O
to	O
perform	O
multiple	B-General_Concept
imputations	I-General_Concept
,	O
variance	O
estimation	O
(	O
or	O
standard	B-General_Concept
error	I-General_Concept
)	O
and	O
,	O
in	O
general	O
,	O
draw	O
inferences	O
from	O
incomplete	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IVEware	O
can	O
be	O
run	O
with	O
SAS	B-Language
,	O
Stata	B-Algorithm
,	O
R	B-Language
,	O
SPSS	B-Algorithm
or	O
as	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
tool	O
under	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
or	O
Linux	B-Application
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
R	B-Language
,	O
Stata	B-Algorithm
,	O
SPSS	B-Algorithm
and	O
stand-alone	O
version	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
the	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
stand-alone	O
version	O
has	O
limited	O
capabilities	O
for	O
analyzing	O
multiply	O
imputed	O
data	O
though	O
the	O
routines	O
for	O
creating	O
imputations	B-General_Concept
are	O
the	O
same	O
across	O
all	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IVEware	O
can	O
be	O
executed	O
using	O
the	O
built-in	O
XML	B-Protocol
editor	O
or	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
run	O
using	O
the	O
built-in	O
editor	O
within	O
the	O
four	O
software	O
packages	O
previously	O
mentioned	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
can	O
also	O
mix	O
and	O
match	O
the	O
codes	O
from	O
these	O
software	O
packages	O
through	O
a	O
standard	O
XML	B-Protocol
toggle-parser	O
(	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
< SAS name = “myfile” > SAS commands < /SAS >	O
will	O
execute	O
the	O
SAS	B-Language
commands	O
and	O
store	O
the	O
commands	O
in	O
the	O
file	O
“	O
myfile.sas	O
”	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
if	O
the	O
provided	O
XML	B-Protocol
editor	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
execute	O
IVEware	O
commands	O
.	O
</s>
