Create an Observational Study Object

Constructs an observational study data object for estimating causal effects from non-experimental data.

Usage

observational(Y, Z, X)

Arguments

Y

Numeric vector. Outcome variable.

Z

Numeric vector. Treatment variable (binary or continuous).

X

Numeric matrix or vector. Covariates.

Value

An observational object (S3 list).

Examples

data <- generate_data(N = 1000, k = 2, tau = 5)
obs <- observational(data$Y, data$Z, data$X)
est_via_aipw(obs)
#> Causal Model Estimation Result
#> ------------------------------
#>   ATE:      4.987031
#>   SE:       0.076564
#>   z:        65.1358
#>   p-value:  0.0000
#>   95% CI:   [4.836969, 5.137093]