quint.control {quint} | R Documentation |
Control Parameters for QUINT Algorithm
Description
Various parameters that control aspects of the “quint” algorithm. Appendix A of Dusseldorp & Van Mechelen (2013) gives a detailed overview of the choices that can be made.
Usage
quint.control(
crit = "es",
maxl = 10,
a1 = NULL,
a2 = NULL,
w = NULL,
Bootstrap = TRUE,
B = 25,
dmin = 0.3
)
Arguments
crit |
the type of difference in treatment outcome used in the partitioning criterion: "es" (Treatment effect sizes) or "dm" (Difference in treatment means). |
maxl |
maximum number of leaves ( |
a1 |
the minimal sample size of Treatment A ( |
a2 |
the minimal sample size of Treatment B ( |
w |
a vector with w1 and w2 representing the weights of, respectively,
the Difference in treatment outcome component and the Cardinality component
of the partitioning criterion. If crit = "dm", the default value of |
Bootstrap |
whether the bias-corrected bootstrap procedure should be performed. The default is TRUE. |
B |
the number of bootstrap samples to be drawn. The default is 25. We recommend a number of bootstraps of at least 25. |
dmin |
the minimum absolute standardized mean difference in treatment outcome in one of the leaves assigned to P1 and one of the leaves assigned to P2 of the pruned tree. This value is used to check whether a qualitative interaction is present in the data (the qualitative interaction condition); dmin controls the balance between Type I error and Type II error. The default value of dmin is 0.30. |
Value
A list containing the options.
References
Dusseldorp, E., Doove, L., & Van Mechelen, I. (2016). Quint: An R package for the identification of subgroups of clients who differ in which treatment alternative is best for them. Behavior Research Methods, 48(2), 650-663. DOI 10.3758/s13428-015-0594-z
Dusseldorp E. and Van Mechelen I. (2014). Qualitative interaction trees: a tool to identify qualitative treatment-subgroup interactions. Statistics in Medicine, 33(2), 219-237. DOI: 10.1002/sim.5933.
See Also
Examples
data(bcrp)
formula1<- I(cesdt1-cesdt3)~cond | nationality+marital+wcht1+age+
trext+comorbid+disopt1+uncomt1+negsoct1
#Specify the Difference in treatment outcome as Difference in means
#and skip the bias-corrected bootstrap procedure
#and change the maximum number of leaves
control3<-quint.control(crit="dm",Bootstrap=FALSE,maxl=3)
quint3<-quint(formula1, data= subset(bcrp,cond<3),control=control3)
summary(quint3)
#Set number of bootstrap samples at 30
control4<-quint.control(B=30)
#Set minimal sample size in each treatment group at 5
control5<-quint.control(a1=5,a2=5)