ivDiag

R package for IV diagnostics accompanying Lal, Lockhart, Xu, and Zu (2021). Computes bootstrap SEs, F-stats, effective F stats, and Local-to-zero IV estimates.

Suggested Citation

Lal, Apoorva and Lockhart, Mackenzie William and Xu, Yiqing and Zu, Ziwen, How Much Should We Trust Instrumental Variable Estimates in Political Science? Practical Advice based on Over 60 Replicated Studies (August 14, 2021). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3905329 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3905329

Installation

library(remotes)
install_github("apoorvalal/ivDiag")

Notes (to self/coauthors) for site maintenance

Examples are all currently in vignette. If we want examples for each documentation entry,

  • Add/edit examples in source files in R/*.R
  • Run ./setup.R to rebuild documentation
    • (optionally) edit _pkgdown.yml and DESCRPTION for aesthetics + metadata
  • Run ./build_site.R to rebuild site