R Observatory: Metrics for mstDIF version 0.1.8

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

mstDIF

0.1.8

A Collection of DIF Tests for Multistage Tests

0packages depend

3Kdownloads / year

71.9%test coverage

13/13checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Rudolf DebelakFirst published 2020-07-204 releasesCRAN page ↗

A collection of statistical tests for the detection of differential item functioning (DIF) in multistage tests. Methods entail logistic regression, an adaptation of the simultaneous item bias test (SIBTEST), and various score-based tests. The presented tests provide itemwise test for DIF along categorical, ordinal or metric covariates. Methods for uniform and non-uniform DIF effects are available depending on which method is used.

Install

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

install.packages("mstDIF", 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-mstdif

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-mstDIF

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-mstDIF

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

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

Slowest check: 4.7 min · r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

Code health

Yes

Tests · ratio 0.15

71.9%

Coverage · measured lines

100%

Documentation · exports

6

Dependencies · direct

Check history

OK2026-08-05
13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
NOTE2026-08-01
12 OK · 1 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-06-09
13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
ERROR2026-06-08
12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-03-10
14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

Documentation

READMENoVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 67% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 67%
Documented parameters: 94%
Return-value docs: 100%
References docs: 0%

Downloads

3K

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #14,837 · ~8/day · ~248/mo

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

10 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (1)

R >= 4.0.0

Imports (6)

expmMatrixPP mirt scDIFtest eRm

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (5)

mvtnorm testthat knitr rmarkdown strucchange

Enhances (0)

none

Dependency license breakdown →

Reverse dependencies

0direct

0indirect

Nothing depends on this yet.

Code & Tests

People & History

People (4)

Maintainer (1)

Rudolf Debelak

Author, Maintainer

Authors (2)

Rudolf Debelak

Author, Maintainer

Dries Debeer

Author

Contributors (2)

Sebastian Appelbaum

Contributor

Mark J. Gierl

Contributor

Package Timeline

4 releases. Pick two to compare their code metrics. R releases are shown for context.

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R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
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R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11
0.1.8Latest
2024-08-30 · current release · diff ↗
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R 4.4.0 released · 2024-04-24
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R 4.3.0 released · 2023-04-21
0.1.7
2022-12-02 · diff ↗
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R 4.2.0 released · 2022-04-22
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R 4.1.0 released · 2021-05-18
0.1.6
2020-07-24 · diff ↗
0.1.5
2020-07-20
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R 4.0.0 released · 2020-04-24

Package metadata

First published: 2020-07-20
Total releases: 4 / 6 yrs
License: GPL-2 | GPL-3 OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 4.0.0
Bundled data: 32 KB / 1 file
Download size: 82 KB
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("mstDIF")

Format

Debelak, R., Appelbaum, S., Debeer, D., & Gierl, M. J. (2024). mstDIF: A Collection of DIF Tests for Multistage Tests (Version 0.1.8) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.mstDIF

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Format

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for mstDIF version 0.1.8 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-18. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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