Table 5 Performance criteria of matching algorisms
From: Are smallholder farmers benefiting from malt barley contract farming engagement in Ethiopia?
Matching algorisms | Performance criteria | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Balancing test | Pseudo-R2 | Mean bias | Matched sample size | |
Nearest neighbor | ||||
 Nearest Neighbor 1 | 10 | 0.021 | 8.1 | 278 |
 Nearest Neighbor 2 | 11 | 0.020 | 7.9 | 278 |
 Nearest Neighbor 3 | 11 | 0.020 | 7.5 | 278 |
 Nearest Neighbor 4 | 11 | 0.019 | 7.2 | 278 |
 Nearest Neighbor 5 | 11 | 0.013 | 6.7 | 278 |
Caliper | ||||
 Caliper 0.01 | 11 | 0.020 | 7.0 | 230 |
 Caliper 0.1 | 10 | 0.021 | 8.1 | 278 |
 Caliper 0.25 | 10 | 0.021 | 8.1 | 278 |
 Caliper 0.5 | 10 | 0.021 | 8.1 | 278 |
Radius | ||||
 Radius 0.01 | 4 | 0.162 | 30.9 | 278 |
 Radius 0.1 | 4 | 0.162 | 30.9 | 278 |
 Radius 0.25 | 4 | 0.162 | 30.9 | 278 |
 Radius 0.5 | 4 | 0.162 | 30.9 | 278 |
Kernel | ||||
 Kernel (bw 0.01) | 11 | 0.022 | 8.1 | 230 |
 Kernel (bw 0.1) | 11 | 0.013 | 6.6 | 278 |
 Kernel (bw 0.25) | 11 | 0.015 | 7.6 | 278 |
 Kernel (bw 0.5) | 9 | 0.062 | 17.0 | 278 |