Can anyone tell me what the cutpoint parameter c(x) means for a character variable under
the CEM matching procedure? I am using Spacegraph to identify potential matching solutions
and dialog box associated with one of the solutions I click on in the graph shows this
command:
cem(treatment="trt", data=kids, drop=c("readscore7"), cutpoints=list(
aptitude=c(5), female=c(0,0.5,1), readscore6=c(38, 57.67, 77.33, 97), var4=c(1)),
keep.all=TRUE,eval.imbalance=TRUE, L1.breaks=sp2$raw.profile$medianCP )
I know that for continuous variables, c(5) would cut the variable as closely as possible
into 4 equally sized intervals. However aptitude is a character variable
("VeryWeak","Weak","Fair","Strong" or
"VeryStrong"). I don't know what c(5) means in this context, but if I
change the value in the parentheses it doesn't appear that the matching solution
changes at all. What does c(5) mean in this context?
Thanks to the developers for making this new matching tool available!
Bridget Lavelle, Ph.D.
Senior Research Manager
Program Research and Evaluation Section
Research and Data Analysis Division
Department of Social and Health Services
PO Box 45204 Olympia, WA 98504-5204
Fax: (360) 902-0705
Email: Bridget.Lavelle@dshs.wa.gov<mailto:Bridget.Lavelle@dshs.wa.gov>
Telephone: (360) 902-0741
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