R Observatory: Metrics for kSamples version 1.2-12

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

kSamples

1.2-12

K-Sample Rank Tests and their Combinations

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215.6Kdownloads / year

–test coverage

8/13checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Fritz ScholzFirst published 2012-08-3111 releasesCRAN page ↗

Compares k samples using the Anderson-Darling test, Kruskal-Wallis type tests with different rank score criteria, Steel's multiple comparison test, and the Jonckheere-Terpstra (JT) test. It computes asymptotic, simulated or (limited) exact P-values, all valid under randomization, with or without ties, or conditionally under random sampling from populations, given the observed tie pattern. Except for Steel's test and the JT test it also combines these tests across several blocks of samples. Also analyzed are 2 x t contingency tables and their blocked combinations using the Kruskal-Wallis criterion. Steel's test is inverted to provide simultaneous confidence bounds for shift parameters. A plotting function compares tail probabilities obtained under asymptotic approximation with those obtained via simulation or exact calculations.

Install

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

install.packages("kSamples", 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-ksamples

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-kSamples

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-kSamples

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

Health

CRAN checks

5NOTE8OK

Failing flavors

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NOTE r-devel-windows-x86_64

Slowest check: 2.3 min · r-devel-windows-x86_64

Code health

None

Tests · ratio 0.00

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Coverage

100%

Documentation · exports

4

Dependencies · direct

Check history

NOTE2026-07-16
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OK2026-03-10
14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

Documentation

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Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 92%
References docs: 73%

Downloads

215.6K

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #1,019 · ~591/day · ~18K/mo

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

1 external dependency (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (1)

SuppDists

Imports (3)

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Suggests (0)

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Enhances (0)

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Reverse dependencies

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Code & Tests

People & History

People (2)

Maintainer (1)

Fritz Scholz

Author, Maintainer

Authors (2)

Fritz Scholz

Author, Maintainer

Angie Zhu

Author

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Package metadata

First published: 2012-08-31
Total releases: 11 / 14 yrs
License: GPL (>= 2) OSI
Bundled data: 1.9 KB / 1 file
Download size: 74 KB
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

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Format

Scholz, F., & Zhu, A. (2025). kSamples: K-Sample Rank Tests and their Combinations (Version 1.2-12) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.kSamples

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Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for kSamples version 1.2-12 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-15. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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