MAICimbal {SeqAlloc}

Maximum Allocation Imbalance for Covariates

Description

Evaluate maximum of the allocation imbalance for all covariates

Usage

MAICimbal(alloc, xmat)

Arguments

alloc

vector of allocations to treatment (1) or control (0)

xmat

matrix describing covariates for each prospective observation

Value

maximum of covariate imbalances

Author(s)

Xiaoshu Zhu [e-mail] and Sharon Lohr

References

Lohr, S. and X. Zhu (2015). Randomized Sequential Individual Assignment in Social Experiments: Evaluating the Design Options Prospectively. Sociological Methods and Research. [Advance online publication: December 27, 2015] doi: 10.1177/0049124115621332.

See Also

WAICimbal

Examples

alloc <- rbinom(60,1,.5)
xmat <- matrix(rbinom(240,1,.4),ncol=4)

MAICimbal(alloc, xmat)