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baselinr applies the group-design determinations of the
What Works Clearinghouse
(WWC) to education impact studies, following the conventions of its
Procedures and Standards Handbooks. It computes the WWC effect sizes
(Hedges’ g for continuous covariates, the Cox
index for binary ones) and baseline-equivalence categories,
classifies attrition against the WWC boundary, returns
the group-design study rating, and reports how stable a
baseline-equivalence verdict is to defensible computation choices.
It is a small, education-specific package. For general-purpose
covariate balance assessment, see cobalt;
baselinr focuses on the WWC determinations that education
evaluation reports are required to state.
Install the released version from CRAN:
install.packages("baselinr")Or the development version from GitHub:
# install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("zl1212-ship-it/baselinr")library(baselinr)
study <- data.frame(
treat = c(1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0),
pretest = c(5, 6, 7, 4, 5, 6), # continuous -> Hedges' g
female = c(1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1) # binary -> Cox index
)
knitr::kable(baseline_equivalence(study, treatment = "treat"), digits = 3)| covariate | type | n_treatment | n_comparison | mean_treatment | mean_comparison | sd_treatment | sd_comparison | effect_size | wwc_category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pretest | continuous | 3 | 3 | 6.000 | 5.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0.80 | not_satisfied |
| female | binary | 3 | 3 | 0.667 | 0.333 | 0.577 | 0.577 | 0.84 | not_satisfied |
The WWC categories are:
| Effect size (absolute) | Category | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
<= 0.05 |
satisfied |
Baseline equivalence holds. |
0.05–0.25 |
satisfied_with_adjustment |
Holds only if the covariate is adjusted for in the impact model. |
> 0.25 |
not_satisfied |
Cannot establish equivalence. |
love_plot() shows the standardized effect size of every
covariate against the WWC thresholds (requires
ggplot2):
love_plot(baseline_equivalence(study, treatment = "treat"))
gt_baseline() renders the same table as a formatted
gt table for reports and Quarto/HTML (requires
gt):
gt_baseline(baseline_equivalence(study, treatment = "treat"))Continuous covariates use Hedges’ g (with the WWC small-sample
correction); binary covariates (numeric 0/1, logical, or
two-level factor) use the WWC Cox index. wwc_summary()
collapses the covariate table into an overall verdict. Beyond baseline
equivalence, attrition() and
attrition_boundary() report and classify sample attrition
against the WWC boundary, cluster_correction() computes the
WWC clustering correction for mismatched analyses,
wwc_rating() returns the group-design study rating, and
wwc_robustness() reports whether a baseline-equivalence
verdict holds up under defensible alternative computations. See
NEWS.md for the roadmap.
If you use baselinr in your work, please cite it: run
citation("baselinr") in R for the full reference, or use
the “Cite this repository” button on GitHub. If you use baselinr in
research or practice, I would love to hear about it:
zl1212@uw.edu.
MIT © Yuxia Liang
These binaries (installable software) and packages are in development.
They may not be fully stable and should be used with caution. We make no claims about them.
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