R Observatory: Metrics for MDEI version 1.0

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

This package was removed from CRAN on 2025-11-27. Its history is shown below.

Reason: issues were not corrected despite reminders

Details below reflect version 1.0, its last release before removal.

MDEI

1.0

Implementing the Method of Direct Estimation and Inference

0packages depend

–downloads / year

–test coverage

–checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Marc Ratkovic1 releasesCRAN page ↗

Causal and statistical inference on an arbitrary treatment effect curve requires care in both estimation and inference. This package, implements the Method of Direct Estimation and Inference as introduced in "Estimation and Inference on Nonlinear and Heterogeneous Effects" by Ratkovic and Tingley (2023) doi:10.1086/723811. The method takes an outcome, variable of theoretical interest (treatment), and set of variables and then returns a partial derivative (marginal effect) of the treatment variable at each point along with uncertainty intervals. The approach offers two advances. First, a split-sample approach is used as a guard against over-fitting. Second, the method uses a data-driven interval derived from conformal inference, rather than relying on a normality assumption on the error terms.

Install

R (source archive)Ubuntu (r2u)openSUSE (OBS)

url <- "https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/MDEI/MDEI_1.0.tar.gz"
pkgFile <- "MDEI_1.0.tar.gz"
download.file(url, pkgFile)
install.packages(pkgFile, type = "source", repos = NULL)

This package is no longer on CRAN, so install.packages() cannot fetch it by name. This downloads the last archived source (1.0) and builds it locally. Install its dependencies first, and note that building from source needs the usual compiler toolchain.

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-mdei

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

# 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-MDEI

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

Health

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Code health

None

Tests · ratio 0.00

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Coverage

100%

Documentation · exports

5

Dependencies · direct

Documentation

READMENoVignettesNopkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 33% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: 90%
Return-value docs: 100%
References docs: 25%

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

5 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (1)

R >= 3.6.0

Imports (5)

grDevicesMASSranger Rcpp splines2

LinkingTo (2)

Rcpp RcppArmadillo

Suggests (0)

none

Enhances (0)

none

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Reverse dependencies

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Nothing depends on this yet.

Code & Tests

People & History

People (3)

Maintainer (1)

Marc Ratkovic

Author, Maintainer

Authors (2)

Marc Ratkovic

Author, Maintainer

Nithin Kavi

Author

Contributors (1)

Dustin Tingley

Contributor

Package Timeline

1 release. R releases are shown for context.

R
R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
archivedRemoved from CRAN
2025-11-27
issues were not corrected despite reminders
R
R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11
R
R 4.4.0 released · 2024-04-24
1.0
2023-05-04
R
R 4.3.0 released · 2023-04-21

Package metadata

Total releases: 1
License: GPL (>= 2) OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 3.6.0
Download size: not tracked yet
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

Cite

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Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("MDEI")

Format

Ratkovic, M., Tingley, D., & Kavi, N. (n.d.). MDEI: Implementing the Method of Direct Estimation and Inference (Version 1.0) [Computer software]. Retrieved August 14, 2026, from https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=MDEI

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Format

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for MDEI version 1.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-13. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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