ci_rbod_mdir {Compind}R Documentation

Robust multi-directional Benefit of the Doubt approach (MDRBoD)

Description

Robust Multi-directional Benefit of the Doubt (MDRBoD) allows to introduce the non-compensability among simple indicators in a standard Robust BOD in an objective manner: the preference structure, i.e., the direction, is determined directly from the data and is specific for each unit and these estimated values are calculated as the reference sample varies in order to smooth out the effect of outliers or out-of-range data.

Usage

ci_rbod_mdir(x,indic_col,M, B, interval)

Arguments

x

A data.frame containing simple indicators.

indic_col

A numeric list indicating the positions of the simple indicators.

M

The number of elements in each of the bootstrapped samples.

B

The number of bootstrap replicates.

interval

Desired probability for Student distribution [see function qt()]; default = 0.05.

Value

An object of class "CI". This is a list containing the following elements:

ci_rbod_mdir_est

Composite indicator estimated values.

conf

lower_ci and upper_ci; Estimated confidence interval for the composite indicator estimated values.

ci_method

Method used; for this function ci_method="rbod_mdir".

ci_rbod_mdir_spec

Simple indicators specific scores.

ci_rbod_mdir_dir

Directions for each simple indicator and unit.

Author(s)

Vidoli F.

References

F. Vidoli, E. Fusco, G. Pignataro, C. Guccio (2024) "Multi-directional Robust Benefit of the Doubt model: An application to the measurement of the quality of acute care services in OECD countries", Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2024.101877

See Also

ci_rbod, ci_bod_mdir

Examples

data(BLI_2017)
CI <- ci_rbod_mdir(BLI_2017,c(2:12), M=10,B=20, interval=0.05)

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