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		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, every node-level test statistic is
		divided by the number of imputations M, the node-level p-values
		are recomputed from the chi-squared reference distribution
		'ctree' uses (including its multiplicity adjustment across
		candidate splitting variables), and the tree is compressed
		bottom-up (the Stack/M correction). Degrees of freedom are
		derived for each node and each candidate variable, so
		univariate, bivariate and higher-dimensional outcomes are all
		handled, as are unordered factor predictors, whose degrees of
		freedom depend on how many levels remain in a node. The result
		is a conservative but interpretable single tree that
		incorporates imputation uncertainty without requiring pooling
		of structurally different trees. Also exports
		stack_imputations(), rescale_statistic(), prune_stackM(),
		node_table() and report_ctreeMI() as standalone utilities. The
		underlying 'ctree' algorithm is provided by 'partykit' (Hothorn
		Zeileis, 2015; Hothorn, Hornik  Zeileis, 2006
		doi:10.1198/106186006X133933).
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