match_on_szn_scale function

pooled dispersion for a numeric variable

Pooled Dispersion for a Numeric Variable

match_on_szn_scale(x, trtgrp, standardizer = mad)

Arguments

• x: numeric variable
• trtgrp: logical or numeric. If numeric, coerced to logical via !
• standardizer: function or numeric of length 1

Returns

numeric of length 1

Details

Dispersion as pooled across a treatment and a control group. By default, the measure of dispersion calculated within each group is not the ordinary standard deviation but rather the robust alternative provided by stats::mad.