inst/examples/crtBExample.R

In eefAnalytics: Robust Analytical Methods for Evaluating Educational Interventions using Randomised Controlled Trials Designs

if(interactive()){

  data(crtData)

  ########################################################
  ## Bayesian analysis of cluster randomised trials     ##
  ########################################################

  output <- crtBayes(Posttest~ Intervention+Prettest,random="School",
                     intervention="Intervention",nsim=2000,data=crtData)

  ### Fixed effects
  beta <- output$Beta
  beta

  ### Effect size
  ES1 <- output$ES
  ES1

  ## Covariance matrix
  covParm <- output$covParm
  covParm

  ### plot random effects for schools

  plot(output)

  ### plot posterior probability of an effect size to be bigger than a pre-specified threshold

  plot(output,group=1)


  ###########################################################################################
  ## Bayesian analysis of cluster randomised trials using informative priors for treatment ##
  ###########################################################################################

  ### define priors for explanatory variables

  my_prior <- normal(location = c(0,6), scale = c(10,1))

  ### specify the priors for the conditional model only

  output2 <- crtBayes(Posttest~ Prettest+Intervention,random="School",
                     intervention="Intervention",nsim=2000,data=crtData,
                     condopt=list(prior=my_prior))

  ### Fixed effects
  beta2 <- output2$Beta
  beta2

  ### Effect size
  ES2 <- output2$ES
  ES2
}