R Observatory: Metrics for BalanceCheck version 0.2

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

BalanceCheck

0.2

Balance Check for Multiple Covariates in Matched Observational Studies

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3.2Kdownloads / year

–test coverage

11/13checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Hao ChenFirst published 2016-09-162 releasesCRAN page ↗

Two practical tests are provided for assessing whether multiple covariates in a treatment group and a matched control group are balanced in observational studies.

Install

R (CRAN)Ubuntu (r2u)Fedora (COPR)openSUSE (OBS)

install.packages("BalanceCheck", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")

Installs the current CRAN release. Prebuilt binaries on Windows and macOS.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-balancecheck

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# enable the iucar/cran COPR if it is not already present, then install
ls /etc/yum.repos.d/*iucar*cran*.repo >/dev/null 2>&1 \
  || sudo dnf copr enable -y iucar/cran
sudo dnf install -y R-CRAN-BalanceCheck

RPMs from the iucar/cran COPR, rebuilt from CRAN.

For install.packages() integration in R, also: sudo dnf install R-CoprManager

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-BalanceCheck

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed).

Health

CRAN checks

2NOTE11OK

Failing flavors

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NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

Slowest check: 1.0 min · r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

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Tests · ratio 0.00

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Coverage

100%

Documentation · exports

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Dependencies · direct

Check history

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Documentation

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Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 100%
References docs: 29%

Downloads

3.2K

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Rank #11,928 · ~9/day · ~269/mo

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Dependencies

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2 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (1)

R >= 3.0.1

Imports (2)

ade4 mvtnorm

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Listed in earlier versions (2)

Hao Chen

no longer listed · 0.1 to 0.2

Dylan Small

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Package metadata

First published: 2016-09-16
Total releases: 2 / 10 yrs
License: GPL (>= 2) OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 3.0.1
Bundled data: 390 KB / 1 file
Download size: 396 KB
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

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Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for BalanceCheck version 0.2 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-18. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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