R Observatory: Metrics for csemTools version 0.2.1

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

csemTools

0.2.1Package record

Conditional Standard Error of Measurement Tools for Test Scores

0packages depend

819downloads / year

8.1%test coverage

13/13flavors OK

Overview

About

Maintained by Cesar Merino-SotoCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗Issues ↗

Compute and compare conditional standard errors of measurement (CSEM) across score distributions using methods from classical test theory. Includes approaches for smoothing, bootstrapped CSEM, standardized CSEM, CSEM for scale scores, and assessment of properties of split-half scores. Also supports comparison with global standard errors derived from reliability coefficients and graphical visualization of CSEM curves and relative precision across observed score ranges. Some of these implemented methods are based on work by Lord (1955) doi:10.1002/j.2333-8504.1955.tb00054.x, Feldt and Qualls (1996) doi:10.1111/j.1745-3984.1996.tb00486.x, McNeish and Dumas (2025) doi:10.3758/s13428-025-02611-8.

Changes in 0.2.1

Maintenance

Removed dependency on archived package EFA.dimensions.
Added internal dataset rse_data (Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale) for package examples.
Updated examples to use the internal dataset.

From NEWS.md in the release

Install

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

install.packages("csemTools", 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("cmerinos/csemTools")

Development version from cmerinos/csemTools. Installs pak first if it is not already available.

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-csemtools

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-csemTools

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-csemTools

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

13OK

CRAN check page ↗

Slowest check: 2.0 min · r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

Status changes

OK13 OKNow
OK12 OK2026-08-05
NOTE10 OK, 1 NOTE2026-08-01
OK5 OK2026-07-30

Advisories

none known

How this is measured·How advisories are found

Documentation

In release 0.2.1

READMEYes · 228 wordsVignettesNoNEWSYes · 100% structured · mentions 0.2.1Citation fileNoWebsitenot declared in DESCRIPTION

Help pages: 27 (1 internal)includes a package overview page
Examples that run: 17%4 run in a plain check · 19 only when donttest examples are enabled (R CMD check --as-cran)
Exported functions with examples: 92%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 100%
Help pages citing references: 56%

How these are measured

Downloads

819

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #14,373 · ~2/day · ~68/mo

Releases R versions

Daily download trend is not available in this view yet.

31430 days

81990 days

8191 year

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Also on23 r2u11 autocran

How downloads are counted

Repository

cmerinos/csemtools ↗Account: cmerinos

1Stars

0Forks

0Open issues

0Open PRs

0Releases

252Commits

1Commit identities

reliabilityconditional-standard-error-measurementtest-precision

252 commits · Last activity 2026-08-26

Responsiveness

not measured

Commits over time

2026-08-02 · 2092026-09-15 · 252

How these are measured

PracticesBeta

5 development-tooling and community-health practices detected across 4 families in the upstream repository

Checks run against github.com/cmerinos/csemtools on 2026-10-18.

Docs source (1)

README.Rmd

CRAN release process (2)

cran-comments.mdCRAN-SUBMISSION

Lint, format, editor (1)

RStudio project

Git structural (1)

.gitattributes

How this is detected·Detection ruleset v3 (2026-09-26)

Dependencies

Declared dependencies

11 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Installing csemTools adds 19 packages (7 with compiled code, 17 MB of source tarballs). Heaviest: ggplot2 6.0 MB, patchwork 3.2 MB, isoband 1.5 MB.

Depends (1)

R >= 3.5

Imports (5)

bootggplot2 pbapply rlang patchwork

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (7)

psych psychTools MBESS kSamples scam zoo testthat (>= 3.0.0)

Enhances (0)

none

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Reverse dependencies

0direct

0indirect

Nothing depends on this yet.

How these are counted

Code & Tests

Datasets

People & History

People (1)

Cesar Merino-Soto

Author, Maintainer since 0.1.4 (2026)

Releases (2)

Pick two releases to compare their code metrics.

0.2.1Latest
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2026-08-26 · current release · diff ↗ ·
added 1 export
curvesCSEMcomp
0.1.4
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2026-07-29
R
R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24

Package metadata

First published: 2026-07-29
Total releases: 2 / 1 yrs
License: GPL-3 OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 3.5
Bundled data: 2.5 KB / 1 file
Download size: 74 KB

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("csemTools")

Format

Merino-Soto, C. (2026). csemTools: Conditional Standard Error of Measurement Tools for Test Scores (Version 0.2.1) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.csemTools

This package has no citation file, so citation() returns this entry built from DESCRIPTION.

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 csemTools version 0.2.1 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-10-20. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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