optmatch (version 0.9-3)

scoreCaliper: (Internal) Helper function to create an InfinitySparseMatrix from a set of scores, a treatment indicator, and a caliper width.

Description

(Internal) Helper function to create an InfinitySparseMatrix from a set of scores, a treatment indicator, and a caliper width.

Usage

scoreCaliper(x, z, caliper)

Arguments

x

The scores, a vector indicating the 1-D location of each unit.

z

The treatment assignment vector (same length as x)

caliper

The width of the caliper with respect to the scores x.

Value

• An InfinitySparseMatrix object, suitable to be passed to match_on as an within argument.