Does ForestDML support multiple binary treatments?
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From the this webpage it reads:
"Our implementation of a Causal Forest is restricted to binary treatment or single-dimensional continuous treatment ..."
If I understand correctly, then it would work if I have multiple binary treatment? However, I tried many ways of specifying and fitting the models and had no luck.
For example, if I use
est = ForestDML(model_t = MultiOutputClassifier(RidgeClassifier()),
model_y = Ridge());
est.fit(Y=Y, T=T, X=X, W=W, inference='auto')
(my X array has 2 columns and 60000 rows.; the values of this array are all boolean)
Then I got error:
This method can only be used with single-dimensional continuous treatment or binary categorical treatment.
If I use:
est = ForestDML(model_t = MultiOutputClassifier(RidgeClassifier()),
model_y = Ridge(), discrete_treatment=True);
est.fit(Y=Y, T=T, X=X, W=W, inference='auto')
Then I got error:
Found input variables with inconsistent numbers of samples: [60000, 120000]
So does ForestDML work for multiple binary treatments? If so, any short example or guide would be really appreciated.
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Start with ForestDML's treatment validation and the linked forest documentation, then reproduce both supplied fit calls with the two-column boolean treatment input. Compare the documented binary or single-dimensional treatment constraint with the observed errors; done means establishing whether multiple binary treatments are supported and documenting or scoping the required change.
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- Tech stack
- python, scikit-learn
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- machine-learning
- Issue type
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