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StudySpecification
creation formulaThese are special functions used only in the definition of
StudySpecification
objects. They identify the units of assignment,
blocks and forcing variables. They should never be used outside of the
formula
argument to obs_spec
, rct_spec
, or
rd_spec
.
unit_of_assignment(...)
unitid(...)
cluster(...)
uoa(...)
block(...)
forcing(...)
... |
any number of variables of the same length. |
These functions have no use outside of the formula in creating a
StudySpecification
.
unit_of_assignment
, uoa
, cluster
and unitid
are synonyms; you must include one and only one in each
StudySpecification
. The choice of which to use will have no impact
on any analysis, only on some output and the name of the stored element in
the StudySpecification
. Accessors/ replacers
(units_of_assignment
, unitids
, clusters
) respect the
choice made at the point of creation of the StudySpecification
, and
only the appropriate function will work.
See rct_spec
, obs_spec
, or rd_spec
for examples of
their usage.
the variables with appropriate labels. No use outside of their
inclusion in the formula
argument to obs_spec
,
rct_spec
, or rd_spec
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