This package implements functions for comparing strings, sequences and numeric vectors for clustering and record linkage applications. Supported comparison functions include: generalized edit distances for comparing sequences/strings, Monge-Elkan similarity for fuzzy comparison of token sets, and L-p distances for comparing numeric vectors. Where possible, comparison functions are implemented in C/C++ to ensure good performance.

The cov.nnve() function implements robust covariance estimation by the nearest neighbor variance estimation (NNVE) method of Wang and Raftery (2002) <DOI:10.1198/016214502388618780>.

This package provides a tool that imports, subsets, and exports the CongressData dataset. CongressData contains approximately 800 variables concerning all US congressional districts with data back to 1789. The dataset tracks district characteristics, members of Congress, and the political behavior of those members. Users with only a basic understanding of R can subset this data across multiple dimensions, export their search results, identify the citations associated with their searches, and more.

In the context of high-throughput genetic data, CoDaCoRe identifies a set of sparse biomarkers that are predictive of a response variable of interest (Gordon-Rodriguez et al., 2021) <doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btab645>. More generally, CoDaCoRe can be applied to any regression problem where the independent variable is Compositional (CoDa), to derive a set of scale-invariant log-ratios (ILR or SLR) that are maximally associated to a dependent variable.

Computed tomography (CT) imaging is a powerful tool for understanding the composition of sediment cores. This package streamlines and accelerates the analysis of CT data generated in the context of environmental science. Included are tools for processing raw DICOM images to characterize sediment composition (sand, peat, etc.). Root analyses are also enabled, including measures of external surface area and volumes for user-defined root size classes. For a detailed description of the application of computed tomography imaging for sediment characterization, see: Davey, E., C. Wigand, R. Johnson, K. Sundberg, J. Morris, and C. Roman. (2011) <DOI: 10.1890/10-2037.1>.

Cases are matched to controls in an efficient, optimal and computationally flexible way. It uses the idea of sub-sampling in the level of the case, by creating pseudo-observations of controls. The user can select between replacement and without replacement, the number of controls, and several covariates to match upon. See Mamouris (2021) <doi:10.1186/s12874-021-01256-3> for an overview.

Cohort plAtform Trial Simulation whereby every cohort consists of two arms, control and experimental treatment. Endpoints are co-primary binary endpoints and decisions are made using either Bayesian or frequentist decision rules. Realistic trial trajectories are simulated and the operating characteristics of the designs are calculated.

Download, cache, and manage social contact survey data from the social contact data community on Zenodo (<https://zenodo.org/communities/social_contact_data>) for use in infectious disease modelling. Provides functions to list available surveys, download survey files with automatic caching, and retrieve citations. Contact survey data describe who contacts whom in a population and are used to parameterise age-structured transmission models, for example via the socialmixr package. The surveys available include those from the POLYMOD study (Mossong et al. (2008) <doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050074>) and other social contact data shared on Zenodo.

This package provides useful tools for cognitive diagnosis modeling (CDM). The package includes functions for empirical Q-matrix estimation and validation, such as the Hull method (Nájera, Sorrel, de la Torre, & Abad, 2021, <doi:10.1111/bmsp.12228>) and the discrete factor loading method (Wang, Song, & Ding, 2018, <doi:10.1007/978-3-319-77249-3_29>). It also contains dimensionality assessment procedures for CDM, including parallel analysis and automated fit comparison as explored in Nájera, Abad, and Sorrel (2021, <doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.614470>). Other relevant methods and features for CDM applications, such as the restricted DINA model (Nájera et al., 2023; <doi:10.3102/10769986231158829>), the general nonparametric classification method (Chiu et al., 2018; <doi:10.1007/s11336-017-9595-4>), and corrected estimation of the classification accuracy via multiple imputation (Kreitchmann et al., 2022; <doi:10.3758/s13428-022-01967-5>) are also available. Lastly, the package provides some useful functions for CDM simulation studies, such as random Q-matrix generation and detection of complete/identified Q-matrices.

Temporally autocorrelated populations are correlated in their vital rates (growth, death, etc.) from year to year. It is very common for populations, whether they be bacteria, plants, or humans, to be temporally autocorrelated. This poses a challenge for stochastic population modeling, because a temporally correlated population will behave differently from an uncorrelated one. This package provides tools for simulating populations with white noise (no temporal autocorrelation), red noise (positive temporal autocorrelation), and blue noise (negative temporal autocorrelation). The algebraic formulation for autocorrelated noise comes from Ruokolainen et al. (2009) <doi:10.1016/j.tree.2009.04.009>. Models for unstructured populations and for structured populations (matrix models) are available.

This package provides a set of functions for counterfactual decomposition (cfdecomp). The functions available in this package decompose differences in an outcome attributable to a mediating variable (or sets of mediating variables) between groups based on counterfactual (causal inference) theory. By using Monte Carlo (MC) integration (simulations based on empirical estimates from multivariable models) we provide added flexibility compared to existing (analytical) approaches, at the cost of computational power or time. The added flexibility means that we can decompose difference between groups in any outcome or and with any mediator (any variable type and distribution). See Sudharsanan & Bijlsma (2019) <doi:10.4054/MPIDR-WP-2019-004> for more information.

CemCO algorithm, a model-based (Gaussian) clustering algorithm that removes/minimizes the effects of undesirable covariates during the clustering process both in cluster centroids and in cluster covariance structures (Relvas C. & Fujita A., (2020) <arXiv:2004.02333>).

This package provides easy access to historical climate data in Canada from R. Search for weather stations and download raw hourly, daily or monthly weather data across Canada from 1840 to present. Implements public API access as detailed at <https://climate.weather.gc.ca>.

This package implements the multiple changepoint algorithm PELT with a nonparametric cost function based on the empirical distribution of the data. This package extends the changepoint package (see Killick, R and Eckley, I (2014) <doi:10.18637/jss.v058.i03> ).

Provide step by step guided tours of Shiny applications.

Fits constrained groupwise additive index models and provides functions for inference and interpretation of these models. The method is described in Masselot, Chebana, Campagna, Lavigne, Ouarda, Gosselin (2022) "Constrained groupwise additive index models" <doi:10.1093/biostatistics/kxac023>.

Allows printing of character strings as messages/warnings/etc. with ASCII animals, including cats, cows, frogs, chickens, ghosts, and more.

Statistical tests for the comparison between two or more alpha coefficients based on either dependent or independent groups of individuals. A web interface is available at http://comparingcronbachalphas.org. A plugin for the R GUI and IDE RKWard is included. Please install RKWard from https:// rkward.kde.org to use this feature. The respective R package rkward cannot be installed directly from a repository, as it is a part of RKWard.

This package provides classes (S4) of commonly used elliptical, Archimedean, extreme-value and other copula families, as well as their rotations, mixtures and asymmetrizations. Nested Archimedean copulas, related tools and special functions. Methods for density, distribution, random number generation, bivariate dependence measures, Rosenblatt transform, Kendall distribution function, perspective and contour plots. Fitting of copula models with potentially partly fixed parameters, including standard errors. Serial independence tests, copula specification tests (independence, exchangeability, radial symmetry, extreme-value dependence, goodness-of-fit) and model selection based on cross-validation. Empirical copula, smoothed versions, and non-parametric estimators of the Pickands dependence function.

Estimation and inference methods for the continuous threshold expectile regression. It can fit the continuous threshold expectile regression and test the existence of change point, for the paper, "Feipeng Zhang and Qunhua Li (2016). A continuous threshold expectile regression, submitted.".

The compound growth rate indicates the percentage change of a specific variable over a defined period. It is calculated using non-linear models, particularly the exponential model. To estimate the compound growth rates, the growth model is first converted to semilog form and then analyzed using Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression. This package has been developed using concept of Shankar et al. (2022)<doi:10.3389/fsufs.2023.1208898>.

Several functions for working with mixed effects regression models for limited dependent variables. The functions facilitate post-estimation of model predictions or margins, and comparisons between model predictions for assessing or probing moderation. Additional helper functions facilitate model comparisons and implements simulation-based inference for model predictions of alternative-specific outcome models. See also, Melamed and Doan (2024, ISBN: 978-1032509518).

Facilitates the identification of counterfactual queries in structural causal models via the ID* and IDC* algorithms by Shpitser, I. and Pearl, J. (2007, 2008) <doi:10.48550/arXiv.1206.5294>, <https://jmlr.org/papers/v9/shpitser08a.html>. Provides a simple interface for defining causal diagrams and counterfactual conjunctions. Construction of parallel worlds graphs and counterfactual graphs is carried out automatically based on the counterfactual query and the causal diagram. See Tikka, S. (2023) <doi:10.32614/RJ-2023-053> for a tutorial of the package.

The Satellite Application Facility on Climate Monitoring (CM SAF) is a ground segment of the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) and one of EUMETSATs Satellite Application Facilities. The CM SAF contributes to the sustainable monitoring of the climate system by providing essential climate variables related to the energy and water cycle of the atmosphere (<https://www.cmsaf.eu>). It is a joint cooperation of eight National Meteorological and Hydrological Services. The cmsafvis R-package provides a collection of R-operators for the analysis and visualization of CM SAF NetCDF data. CM SAF climate data records are provided for free via (<https://wui.cmsaf.eu/safira>). Detailed information and test data are provided on the CM SAF webpage (<http://www.cmsaf.eu/R_toolbox>).