DesignM: Creates design matrix for fixed effects

In niroshar/HGLMBC: Small Area Estimation Using h-likelihood with Bias Correction for generalized class of distributions

Description

DesignM function creates the design matrix for fixed effects.

Usage

DesignM(data, fe.cont, fe.disc, ref.group)

Arguments

data	The data frame.
fe.cont	Vector of continuous variables.
fe.disc	Vector of discrete/categorical variables.
ref.group	Define the reference group for each discrete variable.

Value

A matrix.

Examples

data <- eversmoke
re <- "county"
fe.disc <- c("year","gender","race","age")
fe.cont <- "povt_rate"
ref.group <- c("age1", "gender2","race4","year1")

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