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mda.biber

Functions for Multi-Dimensional Analysis

v1.0.1 · Oct 7, 2025 · MIT + file LICENSE
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Description

Multi-Dimensional Analysis (MDA) is an adaptation of factor analysis developed by Douglas Biber (1992) <doi:10.1007/BF00136979>. Its most common use is to describe language as it varies by genre, register, and use. This package contains functions for carrying out the calculations needed to describe and plot MDA results: dimension scores, dimension means, and factor loadings.

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tests

Running ‘testthat.R’ [15s/19s]
Running the tests in ‘tests/testthat.R’ failed.
Complete output:
  > library(testthat)
  > library(mda.biber)
  > 
  > test_check("mda.biber")
  Saving _problems/test-integration-66.R
  [ FAIL 1 | WARN 0 | SKIP 0 | PASS
...[truncated]...
parameter combinations ──
  Expected `{ ... }` not to throw any errors.
  Actually got a <simpleError> with message:
    2 factors are too many for 4 variables
  
  [ FAIL 1 | WARN 0 | SKIP 0 | PASS 80 ]
  Error:
  ! Test failures.
  Execution halted
OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026

Dependency Network

Dependencies Reverse dependencies dplyr ggplot2 ggpubr ggrepel nFactors tidyr viridis mda.biber

Version History

new 1.0.1 Mar 10, 2026