ctreeMI - Conditional Inference Trees with Stacked Multiple Imputation
Implements the stacked-imputation workflow for conditional
inference trees ('ctree') described in Sherlock et al. (2026)
<doi:10.1080/00273171.2026.2661244>. When data contain missing
values, multiply imputed datasets (e.g., from 'mice') are
stacked vertically and a single 'ctree' is fit on the combined
data. To correct for the artificially inflated sample size
introduced by stacking, the pruning significance threshold is
divided by the number of imputations M (the Stack/M
correction), producing a conservative but interpretable single
tree that incorporates imputation uncertainty without requiring
pooling of structurally different trees. Also exports
stack_imputations() and rescale_alpha() as standalone
utilities. The underlying 'ctree' algorithm is provided by
'partykit' (Hothorn & Zeileis, 2015; Hothorn, Hornik & Zeileis,
2006 <doi:10.1198/106186006X133933>).