matching: Single Nearest Neighborhood Matching

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Single Nearest Neighborhood Matching

Description

Function for processing matching with propensity score

Usage

matching(z, score, replace=FALSE)

Arguments

z	vector of indicators for treatment or control.
score	vector of the propensity scores in the same order as z.
replace	whether the control units could be reused for matching, default is FALSE.

Details

Function for matching each treatment unit in turn the control unit (not previously chosen) with the closest propensity score

Value

The function returns a vector of indices that the corresponding unit is matched to. 0 means matched to nothing.

Author(s)

Jeniffer Hill [e-mail]; Yu-Sung Su [e-mail]

References

Andrew Gelman and Jennifer Hill. (2006). Data Analysis Using Regression and Multilevel/Hierarchical Models. Cambridge University Press.

See Also

balance

Examples

# matching first
data(lalonde)
attach(lalonde)
fit <- glm(treat ~ re74 + re75 + age + factor(educ) + 
            black + hisp + married + nodegr + u74 + u75, 
            family=binomial(link="logit"))
pscores <- predict(fit, type="response")
matches <- matching(z=lalonde$treat, score=pscores)
matched <- matches$cnts

# balance check!
b.stats <- balance(lalonde, treat, matched)
print(b.stats)
plot(b.stats)

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