MatchIt

Nonparametric Preprocessing for Parametric Causal Inference

Elizabeth A. Stuart, Daniel Ho, Noah Greifer, Gary King, Kosuke Imai

Last update: 13 October 2023

Copyright license: GNU General Public License, version 3.0, GNU General Public License, version 2.0

Software version identifier: 4.5.2, 4.5.3, 1.0-1, 1.0-2, 2.0-1, 2.1-1, 2.1-2, 2.1-3, 2.1-4, 2.2-1, 2.2-2, 2.2-3, 2.2-4, 2.2-5, 2.2-6, 2.2-7, 2.2-8, 2.2-10, 2.2-11, 2.2-13, 2.3-1, 2.4-4, 2.4-5, 2.4-7, 2.4-10, 2.4-11, 2.4-14, 2.4-15, 2.4-16, 2.4-17, 2.4-18, 2.4-20, 2.4-21, 2.4-22, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.1.0, 4.2.0, 4.3.0, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.3.3, 4.3.4, 4.4.0, 4.5.0, 4.5.1, 4.5.4, 4.5.5

Description

Selects matched samples of the original treated and control groups with similar covariate distributions – can be used to match exactly on covariates, to match on propensity scores, or perform a variety of other matching procedures. The package also implements a series of recommendations offered in Ho, Imai, King, and Stuart (2007) <doi:10.1093/pan/mpl013>. (The 'gurobi' package, which is not on CRAN, is optional and comes with an installation of the Gurobi Optimizer, available at <https://www.gurobi.com>.)

Cites work

Matching as Nonparametric Preprocessing for Reducing Model Dependence in Parametric Causal Inference