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MatchIt (version 1.0-1)

subclassify: Subclassify units

Description

This is a sub-function of matchit which generates subclasses of units given a propensity score.

Usage

subclassify <- subclassify(formula, data, in.sample, pscore, nearest=TRUE, match.matrix, 
	      	subclass=0, sub.by="treat", counter=TRUE, full=FALSE, full.options=list())

Arguments

formula
(required). Takes the form of T ~ X1 + X2, where T is a binary treatment indicator and X1 and X2 are the pre-treatment covariates, and T, X1, and X2 are contained
data
(required). Data frame containing the variables called in the formula. The dataframe should not include variables with the names psclass, psweights, or pscore, as these are expressly reserved in the o
in.sample
(required). Vector of length n showing whether each unit was eligible for matching due to common support restrictions with discard. Generally created by distance.
pscore
(required). Vector of estimated propensity scores. Generally created by distance.
nearest
Whether to perform nearest-neighbor matching (default=TRUE).
match.matrix
(required) n1 by ratio data frame where the rows correspond to treated units and the columns store the names of the control units matched to each treated unit. NA indicates that treated unit was not matched. Generally created by matchdef.
subclass
Either a scaler specifying the number of subclasses (default=0) or a vector of probabilities to create quantiles based on sub.by.
sub.by
If subclass!=0, by what criteria to subclassify. "treat" (default) =by the number of treated units, "control"=by the number of control units, "all"=by the total number of units.
counter
Whether to display counter indicating the progress of the matching (default=TRUE).
full
Whether to do full matching (default=FALSE). Requires ``optmatch" package.
full.options
Additional options for full matching.

Value

  • psclassSubclass index in an ordinal scale from 1 to the number of subclasses. Unmatched units have subclass=0.
  • q.cutSubclass cut points.

Details

This function creates subclasses of units based on their covariate values, usually defined by the propensity score. This function is called directly by matchit and does not generally need to be called directly by users; these details are included for advanced users.

See Also

Please use help.matchit to access the matchit reference manual. The complete document is available online at http://gking.harvard.edu/matchit.