KernelRetrieval {npDoseResponse}

The helper function for retrieving a kernel function and its associated statistics.

Description

This function helps retrieve the commonly used kernel function, its second moment, and its variance based on the name.

Usage

KernelRetrieval(name)

Arguments

name

The lower-case full name of the kernel function.

Value

A list that contains three elements.

KernFunc

The interested kernel function.

sigmaK_sq

The second moment of the kernel function.

K_sq

The variance of the kernel function.

Author(s)

Yikun Zhang, [e-mail]

Examples

  kernel_result <- KernelRetrieval("epanechnikov")
  kernT <- kernel_result$KernFunc
  sigmaK_sq <- kernel_result$sigmaK_sq
  K_sq <- kernel_result$K_sq