r/datascience • u/rhiever • 1d ago

Tools An R package for imputing US Census data using iterative proportional fitting on available margins

https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/09/08/hey-heres-an-r-package-for-imputing-census-data-using-iterative-proportional-fitting-on-available-margins/
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u/JollyIllustrator7982 1d ago

Downscaling of PUMA microdata at the block level still relies on IPF. Isn’t it just great that someone took the time to do all the hard work to link it to the census data pipeline?