line.types

Set before calling nca_output 
&gt; line.types['ce_fdh'] &lt;- 1 
Reset one line type by setting it to NULL 
&gt; line.types['ce_fdh'] &lt;- NULL 
Reset all line types by setting line.types to NULL 
&gt; line.types &lt;- NULL

Parameter

Performs a Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA). (Dul, J. 2016. Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA). ''Logic and Methodology of 'Necessary but not Sufficient' causality." Organizational Research Methods 19(1), 10-52) <doi:10.1177/1094428115584005>.
NCA identifies necessary (but not sufficient) conditions in datasets, where x causes (e.g. precedes) y. Instead of drawing a regression line ''through the middle of the data'' in an xy-plot, NCA draws the ceiling line. The ceiling line y = f(x) separates the area with observations from the area without observations.
(Nearly) all observations are below the ceiling line: y <= f(x). The empty zone is in the upper left hand corner of the xy-plot (with the convention that the x-axis is ''horizontal'' and the y-axis is ''vertical'' and that values increase ''upwards'' and ''to the right''). The ceiling line is a (piecewise) linear non-decreasing line: a linear step function or a straight line. It indicates which level of x (e.g. an effort or input) is necessary but not sufficient for a (desired) level of y (e.g. good performance or output). A quick start guide for using this package can be found here: <https://repub.eur.nl/pub/78323/> or <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2624981>.

Govert Buijs

Necessary Condition Analysis

line.types function

This is a list with default line types for each ceiling technique<table class="table">
<tr><td></td><td>ols</td><td>1</td><td>c_lp</td><td>2</td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td>cols</td><td>3</td><td>qr</td><td>4</td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td>ce_vrs</td><td>5</td><td>cr_vrs</td><td>1</td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td>ce_fdh</td><td>6</td><td>cr_fdh</td><td>1</td></tr>
</table>

Format

Set before calling nca_output 
&gt; line.types['ce_fdh'] &lt;- 1 
Reset one line type by setting it to NULL 
&gt; line.types['ce_fdh'] &lt;- NULL 
Reset all line types by setting line.types to NULL 
&gt; line.types &lt;- NULL

a set defining the line types for the plots — line.types

This is a list with default line types for each ceiling technique<table class='table'>
<tr><td></td><td>ols</td><td>1</td><td>c_lp</td><td>2</td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td>cols</td><td>3</td><td>qr</td><td>4</td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td>ce_vrs</td><td>5</td><td>cr_vrs</td><td>1</td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td>ce_fdh</td><td>6</td><td>cr_fdh</td><td>1</td></tr>
</table>

ols	1	c_lp	2
cols	3	qr	4
ce_vrs	5	cr_vrs	1
ce_fdh	6	cr_fdh	1

line.types: a set defining the line types for the plots

Description

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