GCCfactor (version 1.0.1)

check_data: Check validity of the data and headers

Description

This is an internal function which checks the validity of the data and provide a list of matrices of length \(R\) for estimation.

Usage

check_data(
  data,
  depvar_header = NULL,
  i_header = NULL,
  j_header = NULL,
  t_header = NULL
)

Value

A list of data matrices of length \(R\).

Arguments

data

Either a data.frame or a list of data matrices of length \(R\). See Details.

depvar_header

A character string specifying the header of the dependent variable. See Details.

i_header

A character string specifying the header of the block identifier. See Details.

j_header

A character string specifying the header of the individual identifier. See Details.

t_header

A character string specifying the header of the time identifier. See Details.

Details

See Details of GCC().

Examples

panel <- UKhouse # load the data
Y_list <- check_data(panel,
  depvar_header = "dlPrice", i_header = "Region",
  j_header = "LPA_Type", t_header = "Date"
)