R Observatory: Metrics for causalgenerics version 0.1.0

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

causalgenerics

0.1.0

Shared Generics for the 'r-causal' Ecosystem

0packages depend

84downloads / year

100.0%test coverage

12/12checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Malcolm BarrettFirst published 2026-08-081 releasesCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗

A home for the S3 generics shared across the 'r-causal' ecosystem, including 'propensity', 'halfmoon', 'positively', and 'balancing'. Owning the generic definitions in one place lets those packages register methods without masking one another when several are attached at once. The generics cover inverse probability weighted estimation, effective sample size, and the metadata carried by causal weight vectors, and the package supplies the abstract causal weight class and the result class those estimates are returned in, together with the methods both classes carry, so that the ecosystem packages inherit them rather than writing their own. The design follows that of the 'generics' package, which provides commonly used S3 generics for the same purpose: letting packages share a single definition instead of each defining its own.

Install

R (CRAN)pak (dev)Fedora (COPR)openSUSE (OBS)

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

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

if (!requireNamespace("pak", quietly = TRUE))
  install.packages("pak", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")
pak::pak("r-causal/causalgenerics")

Development version from r-causal/causalgenerics. Installs pak first if it is not already available.

# 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-causalgenerics

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-causalgenerics

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

Health

CRAN checks

12OK

Slowest check: 1.3 min · r-release-windows-x86_64

Code health

Yes

Tests · ratio 2.39

100.0%

Coverage · measured lines

100%

Documentation · exports

2

Dependencies · direct

Check history

OK2026-08-09
6 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

Documentation

READMEYes · 271 wordsVignettesNopkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 67% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: 92%
Return-value docs: 100%
References docs: 0%

Downloads

84

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #24,765 · ~0/day · ~7/mo

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Repository

GitHub ↗ r-causal/causalgenerics

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Last activity 2026-08-13

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

3 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (1)

R >= 4.1.0

Imports (2)

statsvctrs

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none

Suggests (2)

testthat withr

Enhances (0)

none

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Code & Tests

People & History

People (1)

Maintainer (1)

Malcolm Barrett

Author, Maintainer, Copyright holder

Authors (1)

Malcolm Barrett

Author, Maintainer, Copyright holder

Copyright holders (1)

Malcolm Barrett

Author, Maintainer, Copyright holder

Package Timeline

1 release. R releases are shown for context.

0.1.0Latest
2026-08-08 · current release
R
R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24

Package metadata

First published: 2026-08-08
Total releases: 1 / 1 yrs
License: MIT + file LICENSE OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 4.1.0
Download size: not tracked yet
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

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Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("causalgenerics")

Format

Barrett, M. (2026). causalgenerics: Shared Generics for the 'r-causal' Ecosystem (Version 0.1.0) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.causalgenerics

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Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for causalgenerics version 0.1.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-15. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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