R Observatory: Metrics for aspect version 1.0-7

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

aspect

1.0-7Package record

A General Framework for Multivariate Analysis with Optimal Scaling

1packages depend

9.2Kdownloads / year

–test coverage

8/13flavors OK

Overview

About

Maintained by Patrick MairCRAN page ↗Repository ↗

Contains various functions for optimal scaling. One function performs optimal scaling by maximizing an aspect (i.e. a target function such as the sum of eigenvalues, sum of squared correlations, squared multiple correlations, etc.) of the corresponding correlation matrix. Another function performs implements the LINEALS approach for optimal scaling by minimization of an aspect based on pairwise correlations and correlation ratios. The resulting correlation matrix and category scores can be used for further multivariate methods such as structural equation models.

Install

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

install.packages("aspect", 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-aspect

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled. We list this channel from recorded r2u download activity rather than from a live index of the repository, so treat it as last known rather than guaranteed.

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-aspect

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-aspect

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed). We list this channel from recorded autoCRAN download activity rather than from a live index of the repository, so treat it as last known rather than guaranteed.

Health

CRAN checks

5NOTE8OK

Check messages

NOTER code for possible problemsr-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang, r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc, r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang, r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc, r-devel-windows-x86_64

Found calls to structure() using deprecated special names:
  aspect/R/aspect-internal.R (.Names: 1)
'.Names' should be changed to 'names'.

CRAN check page ↗

Slowest check: 56 s · r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

Status changes

NOTE8 OK, 5 NOTENow
NOTE11 OK, 2 NOTE2026-07-16
OK14 OK2026-03-30
ERROR13 OK, 1 ERROR2026-03-28
OK14 OK2026-03-10

Advisories

none known

How this is measured·How advisories are found

Documentation

In release 1.0-7

READMENoVignettesNoNEWSNoCitation fileYes · cites a publicationWebsitenot declared in DESCRIPTION

Cites a JSS article

Help pages: 6
Examples that run: 100%6 run in a plain check
Exported functions with examples: 100%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 100%
Help pages citing references: 83%

How these are measured

Downloads

9.2K

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #4,770 · ~25/day · ~765/mo

Releases R versions

Daily download trend is not available in this view yet.

60730 days

1.8K90 days

9.2K1 year

Compare downloads with other packages →

Also on443 r2u22 autocran140 c2d4u

How downloads are counted

Repository

r-forge.r-project.org/projects/psychor ↗

Responsiveness

not measured

How these are measured

PracticesBeta

Repository r-forge.r-project.org/projects/psychor is linked, but repository-practices checks have not run for it yet. Checks are GitHub-only for now.

How this is detected·Detection ruleset v4 (2026-10-20)

Dependencies

Declared dependencies

2 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Installing aspect adds no packages beyond those that come with R.

Depends (1)

R >= 3.0.0

Imports (3)

statsgraphicsgrDevices

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (2)

sem polycor

Enhances (0)

none

Dependency license breakdown →

Reverse dependencies

1direct

1indirect

Imports 1

Depends, Imports or LinkingTo, most downloaded first

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How these are counted

Code & Tests

Datasets

People & History

People (2)

Patrick Mair

Maintainer since 1.0-3 (2014), Author

Jan De Leeuw

Author

Previously maintained by Jan de Leeuw (0.8-0 to 1.0-2).

Listed in earlier versions (2)

Kurt Hornik

no longer listed · 1.0-2

De Leeuw

no longer listed · 1.0-3 to 1.0-7

Releases (9)

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R 3.3.0 released · 2016-05-03

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Package metadata

First published: 2009-03-14
Total releases: 9 / 17 yrs
License: GPL-2 OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 3.0.0
Bundled data: 15 KB / 3 files
Download size: 30 KB

Appears in task views

Psychometric Models and Methods

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' entry:

citation("aspect")

The package provides a citation file, so citation() returns the authors' own entry.

It points to 10.18637/jss.v031.i09.

Cite the R Observatory

For a number measured here: a download total, a coverage figure, an archival date.

Format

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for aspect version 1.0-7 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-10-25. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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