test_that("Generate Basic MSPE Plot", { skip_on_cran() ## First prepare the required objects suppressPackageStartupMessages(library(Synth)) # Load simulated data from Synth data(synth.data) set.seed(42) # Execute dataprep to produce the necessary matrices for synth dataprep.out<- dataprep( foo = synth.data, predictors = c("X1", "X2", "X3"), predictors.op = "mean", dependent = "Y", unit.variable = "unit.num", time.variable = "year", special.predictors = list( list("Y", 1991, "mean"), list("Y", 1985, "mean"), list("Y", 1980, "mean") ), treatment.identifier = 7, controls.identifier = c(29, 2, 13, 17, 32, 38), time.predictors.prior = c(1984:1989), time.optimize.ssr = c(1984:1990), unit.names.variable = "name", time.plot = 1984:1996 ) # run the synth command to create the synthetic control synth.out <- synth(dataprep.out) ## run the generate.placebos command to reassign treatment status ## to each unit listed as control, one at a time, and generate their ## synthetic versions. tdf<-generate.placebos(dataprep.out, synth.out, Sigf.ipop = 2) output <- plot_placebos(tdf) expect_true("ggplot" %in% class(output)) })