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CMatching (version 2.4)

summary.CMatch: Summarizing output from MatchW and MatchPW functions

Description

Summary method for MatchW and MatchPW

Usage

# S3 method for CMatch
summary(object, ..., full = FALSE, digits = 5)

Value

A list giving a summary of the output from a "CMatch" object. The list includes the size of the original and the matched dataset, the number of treated and control observations in each group and the estimate (if Y is not NULL).

Arguments

object

An object of class "CMatch".

...

Other options for the generic summary function.

full

A flag for whether the unadjusted estimates and naive standard errors should also be summarized.

digits

The number of significant digits that should be displayed.

Author

Massimo Cannas <massimo.cannas@unica.it>

Details

If Group contains only one value the output is the same of the summary method of package Matching. Otherwise the output shows also the distribution of treated, control and possibly drop units, by group.

References

Sekhon, Jasjeet S. 2011. Multivariate and Propensity Score Matching Software with Automated Balance Optimization. Journal of Statistical Software 42(7): 1-52. http://www.jstatsoft.org/v42/i07/

Arpino, B., and Cannas, M. (2016) Propensity score matching with clustered data. An application to the estimation of the impact of caesarean section on the Apgar score. Statistics in Medicine, 35: 2074–2091. doi: 10.1002/sim.6880.

See Also

See also CMatch, CMatchBalance