Initial_DIS_CONT

function that samples initial values for fuzzy LoTTA model with a discrete prior and binary outcomes

Implementation of the LoTTA (Local Trimmed Taylor Approximation) model
described in "Bayesian Regression Discontinuity Design with Unknown Cutoff"
by Kowalska, van de Wiel, van der Pas (2024) <doi:10.48550/arXiv.2406.11585>.

Julia Kowalska

LoTTA

Bayesian Inference in Regression Discontinuity Designs

Initial_DIS_CONT function

<dl><dt>x</dt>
<dd><ul>
<li>score data</li>
</ul></dd>
<dt>t</dt>
<dd><ul>
<li>treatment data</li>
</ul></dd>
<dt>y</dt>
<dd><ul>
<li>outcome data</li>
</ul></dd>
<dt>Ct_start</dt>
<dd><ul>
<li>posterior samples of cutoff location (categorized by natural numbers)
obtained through "cutoff_initial_dis.txt"c</li>
</ul></dd>
<dt>cstart</dt>
<dd><ul>
<li>the first point with a positive prior mass</li>
</ul></dd>
<dt>grid</dt>
<dd><ul>
<li>distance between two consecutive points with nonzero prior mass</li>
</ul></dd>
<dt>lb</dt>
<dd><ul>
<li>minimum window size (grid size in case of discrete score)</li>
</ul></dd>
<dt>ubr</dt>
<dd><ul>
<li>maximum value of the window's right boundary point</li>
</ul></dd>
<dt>ubl</dt>
<dd><ul>
<li>minimum value of the window's left boundary point</li>
</ul></dd>
<dt>s</dt>
<dd><ul>
<li>seed</li>
</ul></dd>
<dt>jlb</dt>
<dd><ul>
<li>minimum jump size</li>
</ul></dd></dl>

Arguments

function that samples initial values for fuzzy LoTTA model with a discrete prior and binary outcomes — Initial_DIS_CONT

<dl>

<dt>x</dt>
<dd><ul>
<li>score data</li>
</ul></dd>


<dt>t</dt>
<dd><ul>
<li>treatment data</li>
</ul></dd>


<dt>y</dt>
<dd><ul>
<li>outcome data</li>
</ul></dd>


<dt>Ct_start</dt>
<dd><ul>
<li>posterior samples of cutoff location (categorized by natural numbers)
obtained through "cutoff_initial_dis.txt"c</li>
</ul></dd>


<dt>cstart</dt>
<dd><ul>
<li>the first point with a positive prior mass</li>
</ul></dd>


<dt>grid</dt>
<dd><ul>
<li>distance between two consecutive points with nonzero prior mass</li>
</ul></dd>


<dt>lb</dt>
<dd><ul>
<li>minimum window size (grid size in case of discrete score)</li>
</ul></dd>


<dt>ubr</dt>
<dd><ul>
<li>maximum value of the window's right boundary point</li>
</ul></dd>


<dt>ubl</dt>
<dd><ul>
<li>minimum value of the window's left boundary point</li>
</ul></dd>


<dt>s</dt>
<dd><ul>
<li>seed</li>
</ul></dd>


<dt>jlb</dt>
<dd><ul>
<li>minimum jump size</li>
</ul></dd>

</dl>

Initial_DIS_CONT: function that samples initial values for fuzzy LoTTA model with a discrete prior and binary outcomes

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