Hi Evan, 

There's currently no way to set variable-specific cut points for the "imb" command. You can only change the algorithm for all variables via the "breaks()" argument. For the imb command, it's best to use a set of cut points other than the ones you use for the matching and keep that cut point fixed while you attempt different matching solutions. 

Hope that helps!

Cheers,
matt.


On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Evan Cole <cole.s.evan@gmail.com> wrote:
CEM Users,

When using Stata and the imb command, is their anyway to change it so that it recognizes user-defined cutpoints to calculate the L1 distance instead of defaulting to the scott method?
I have tried running the imb command after a cem command with user defined cutpoints but it still uses the scott method.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks for the time.

Evan Cole
Tulane University  

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