generate_syn_data {CausalGPS}

R Documentation

Generate Synthetic Data for CausalGPS Package

Description

Generates synthetic data set based on different GPS models and covariates.

Usage

generate_syn_data(
  sample_size = 1000,
  outcome_sd = 10,
  gps_spec = 1,
  cova_spec = 1
)

Arguments

sample_size	Number of data samples.
outcome_sd	Standard deviation used to generate the outcome in the synthetic data set.
gps_spec	A numerical value (1-7) that indicates the GPS model used to generate synthetic data. See the code for more details.
cova_spec	A numerical value (1-2) to modify the covariates. See the code for more details.

Value

synthetic_data: The function returns a data.frame saved the constructed synthetic data.

Examples

set.seed(298)
s_data <- generate_syn_data(sample_size=100,
                                  outcome_sd = 10, gps_spec = 1,
                                  cova_spec = 1)

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