The main function is icweib(), which fits a stratified Weibull proportional hazards model for left censored, right censored, interval censored, and non-censored survival data. We parameterize the Weibull regression model so that it allows a stratum-specific baseline hazard function, but where the effects of other covariates are assumed to be constant across strata. Please refer to Xiangdong Gu, David Shapiro, Michael D. Hughes and Raji Balasubramanian (2014) <doi:10.32614/RJ-2014-003> for more details.

Efficient algorithms for fully Bayesian estimation of stochastic volatility (SV) models with and without asymmetry (leverage) via Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods. Methodological details are given in Kastner and Frühwirth-Schnatter (2014) <doi:10.1016/j.csda.2013.01.002> and Hosszejni and Kastner (2019) <doi:10.1007/978-3-030-30611-3_8>; the most common use cases are described in Hosszejni and Kastner (2021) <doi:10.18637/jss.v100.i12> and Kastner (2016) <doi:10.18637/jss.v069.i05> and the package examples.

Allows the user to estimate a vector logistic smooth transition autoregressive model via maximum log-likelihood or nonlinear least squares. It further permits to test for linearity in the multivariate framework against a vector logistic smooth transition autoregressive model with a single transition variable. The estimation method is discussed in Terasvirta and Yang (2014, <doi:10.1108/S0731-9053(2013)0000031008>). Also, realized covariances can be constructed from stock market prices or returns, as explained in Andersen et al. (2001, <doi:10.1016/S0304-405X(01)00055-1>).

The statistical tools in this package do one of four things: 1) Enhance basic statistical functions with more flexible inputs, smarter defaults, and richer, clearer, and ready-to-use output (e.g., t.test2()) 2) Produce publication-ready commonly needed figures with one line of code (e.g., plot_cdf()) 3) Implement novel analytical tools developed by the authors (e.g., twolines()) 4) Deliver niche functions of high value to the authors that are not easily available elsewhere (e.g., clear(), convert_to_sql(), resize_images()).

Traditional model evaluation metrics fail to capture model performance under less than ideal conditions. This package employs techniques to evaluate models "under-stress". This includes testing models extrapolation ability, or testing accuracy on specific sub-samples of the overall model space. Details describing stress-testing methods in this package are provided in Haycock (2023) <doi:10.26076/2am5-9f67>. The other primary contribution of this package is provided to R users access to the Python library PyCaret <https://pycaret.org/> for quick and easy access to auto-tuned machine learning models.

This is an interface for the Python package StepMix'. It is a Python package following the scikit-learn API for model-based clustering and generalized mixture modeling (latent class/profile analysis) of continuous and categorical data. StepMix handles missing values through Full Information Maximum Likelihood (FIML) and provides multiple stepwise Expectation-Maximization (EM) estimation methods based on pseudolikelihood theory. Additional features include support for covariates and distal outcomes, various simulation utilities, and non-parametric bootstrapping, which allows inference in semi-supervised and unsupervised settings. Software paper available at <doi:10.18637/jss.v113.i08>.

This package provides a minimalist implementation of model stacking by Wolpert (1992) <doi:10.1016/S0893-6080(05)80023-1> for boosted tree models. A classic, two-layer stacking model is implemented, where the first layer generates features using gradient boosting trees, and the second layer employs a logistic regression model that uses these features as inputs. Utilities for training the base models and parameters tuning are provided, allowing users to experiment with different ensemble configurations easily. It aims to provide a simple and efficient way to combine multiple gradient boosting models to improve predictive model performance and robustness.

Implementation of popular mortality models using the rstan package, which provides the R interface to the Stan C++ library for Bayesian estimation. The package supports well-known models proposed in the actuarial and demographic literature including the Lee-Carter (1992) <doi:10.1080/01621459.1992.10475265> and the Cairns-Blake-Dowd (2006) <doi:10.1111/j.1539-6975.2006.00195.x> models. By a simple call, the user inputs deaths and exposures and the package outputs the MCMC simulations for each parameter, the log likelihoods and predictions. Moreover, the package includes tools for model selection and Bayesian model averaging by leave future-out validation.

Estimates the authors or speakers of texts. Methods developed in Huang, Perry, and Spirling (2020) <doi:10.1017/pan.2019.49>. The model is built on a Bayesian framework in which the distinctiveness of each speaker is defined by how different, on average, the speaker's terms are to everyone else in the corpus of texts. An optional cross-validation method is implemented to select the subset of terms that generate the most accurate speaker predictions. Once a set of terms is selected, the model can be estimated. Speaker distinctiveness and term influence can be recovered from parameters in the model using package functions. Once fitted, the model can be used to predict authorship of new texts.

The fossil record is a joint expression of ecological, taphonomic, evolutionary, and stratigraphic processes (Holland and Patzkowsky, 2012, ISBN:978-0226649382). This package allowing to simulate biological processes in the time domain (e.g., trait evolution, fossil abundance, phylogenetic trees), and examine how their expression in the rock record (stratigraphic domain) is influenced based on age-depth models, ecological niche models, and taphonomic effects. Functions simulating common processes used in modeling trait evolution, biostratigraphy or event type data such as first/last occurrences are provided and can be used standalone or as part of a pipeline. The package comes with example data sets and tutorials in several vignettes, which can be used as a template to set up one's own simulation.

Collision Risk Models for avian fauna (seabird and migratory birds) at offshore wind farms. The base deterministic model is derived from Band (2012) <https://tethys.pnnl.gov/publications/using-collision-risk-model-assess-bird-collision-risks-offshore-wind-farms>. This was further expanded on by Masden (2015) <doi:10.7489/1659-1> and code used here is heavily derived from this work with input from Dr A. Cook at the British Trust for Ornithology. These collision risk models are useful for marine ornithologists who are working in the offshore wind industry, particularly in UK waters. However, many of the species included in the stochastic collision risk models can also be found in the North Atlantic in the United States and Canada, and could be applied there.

Practitioners of Bayesian statistics often use Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) samplers to sample from a posterior distribution. This package determines whether the MCMC sample is large enough to yield reliable estimates of the target distribution. In particular, this calculates a Gelman-Rubin convergence diagnostic using stable and consistent estimators of Monte Carlo variance. Additionally, this uses the connection between an MCMC sample's effective sample size and the Gelman-Rubin diagnostic to produce a threshold for terminating MCMC simulation. Finally, this informs the user whether enough samples have been collected and (if necessary) estimates the number of samples needed for a desired level of accuracy. The theory underlying these methods can be found in "Revisiting the Gelman-Rubin Diagnostic" by Vats and Knudson (2018) <arXiv:1812:09384>.

Record linkage for public health surveillance datasets using either the Fellegi-Sunter probabilistic framework (via reclin2) or deterministic exact-key matching. Provides pre-linkage data quality auditing (preflight()), Medicare number checksum validation (check_medicare()), blocking variable construction (flock()), and the murmuration() linkage engine. murmuration() expresses linkage as a single cohort-to-event concept (linking a linelist of people to a dated stream of vaccination, hospitalisation, or case events within a before/during/after time window), with the historical four-code taxonomy (case-to-hospitalisation, vaccination-to-case, vaccination-to-hospitalisation, vaccination-to-event) retained as deprecated aliases. Also provides linkage weight distribution visualisation (murmuration_plot()) and threshold sensitivity analysis (perch()) with annotated AIHW, WA Data Linkage Unit, and PHRN reference benchmarks. perch() can be called standalone or triggered automatically mid-linkage via murmuration(perch_before_linking = TRUE). Includes synthetic datasets (cases_notifiable, vax_air) and three vignettes demonstrating the complete linkage workflow. Part of the aviary public health surveillance ecosystem.

This package provides a toolkit for common statistical analyses including descriptive statistics, Student's t-tests (one-sample, independent, and paired), one-way and two-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA), chi-square tests, Fisher's Exact Test, McNemar's Test, correlation analysis, simple and multiple linear regression, logistic regression, Friedman Test, and non-parametric tests (Mann-Whitney U, Wilcoxon Signed Rank, and Kruskal-Wallis). Each function automatically interprets results in plain English, reporting effect sizes, confidence intervals, and p-value interpretations, and prints relevant assumption checks by default. A context argument allows users to describe their study design, echoed back alongside the interpretation as a reminder to read results in that context. Post-hoc tests are automatically applied following significant results. A master function automatically detects the appropriate test based on the structure of the input data. Methods are based on Cohen, J. (1988) <doi:10.4324/9780203771587>, Tukey, J. W. (1949) <doi:10.2307/3001913>, and Shapiro and Wilk (1965) <doi:10.2307/2333709>.

This package provides multiple sources of stopwords, for use in text analysis and natural language processing.

This package provides a consistently well behaved method of interpolation based on piecewise rational functions using Stineman's algorithm.

Interfaces the stepcount Python module <https://github.com/OxWearables/stepcount> to estimate step counts and other activities from accelerometry data.

Efficiently estimates treatment effects in settings with randomized staggered rollouts, using tools proposed by Roth and Sant'Anna (2023) <doi:10.48550/arXiv.2102.01291>.

This package performs multiple testing corrections that take specific structure of hypotheses into account, as described in Sankaran & Holmes (2014) <doi:10.18637/jss.v059.i13>.

Calculates enrolment, graduation, dropout, and programme-switch indicators from the Dutch higher education registration data (1CHO) supplied by DUO. Includes an interactive Shiny dashboard for exploring results.

Quantify stratigraphic disorder using the metrics defined by Burgess (2016) <doi:10.2110/jsr.2016.10>. Contains a range of utility tools to construct and manipulate stratigraphic columns.

Tree-structured modelling of categorical predictors (Tutz and Berger (2018), <doi:10.1007/s11634-017-0298-6>) or measurement units (Berger and Tutz (2018), <doi:10.1080/10618600.2017.1371030>).

Non-parametric test, originally proposed by Stute (1997) <https://www.jstor.org/stable/2242560>, that the expectation of a dependent variable Y given an independent variable D is linear in D.

This package can automatically extract statistical null-hypothesis significant testing (NHST) results from articles and recompute the p-values based on the reported test statistic and degrees of freedom to detect possible inconsistencies.