R Observatory: Metrics for observationalBlocks version 1.0.0

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

observationalBlocks

1.0.0

Block Designs for Observational Studies

0packages depend

1.5Kdownloads / year

51.6%test coverage

13/13checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Katherine BrumbergFirst published 2026-04-101 releasesCRAN page ↗

Creates block designs of fixed size J with at least one treated and control unit per block. Blocks larger than pairs better distinguish effects caused by a treatment from unmeasured confounding in assignment of individuals to treatment. Somewhat counterintuitively, blocks larger than pairs can use more units while attaining better covariate balance and block homogeneity. A forthcoming manuscript by Brumberg and Rosenbaum details the design.

Install

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

install.packages("observationalBlocks", 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-observationalblocks

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-observationalBlocks

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-observationalBlocks

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

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

Slowest check: 1.2 min · r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

Code health

Yes

Tests · ratio 0.52

51.6%

Coverage · measured lines

100%

Documentation · exports

3

Dependencies · direct

Check history

OK2026-08-05
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OK2026-04-11
5 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

Documentation

READMEYes · 105 wordsVignettesNopkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 67% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 100%
References docs: 29%

Downloads

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Rank #13,023 · ~4/day · ~125/mo

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

8 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (1)

R >= 3.5.0

Imports (3)

iTOS lpSolvestats

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none

Suggests (6)

DOS2 sensitivity2x2xk sensitivitymv weightedRank xtable testthat

Enhances (0)

none

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Code & Tests

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People & History

People (2)

Maintainer (1)

Katherine Brumberg

Author, Maintainer

Authors (2)

Katherine Brumberg

Author, Maintainer

Paul Rosenbaum

Author

Package Timeline

1 release. R releases are shown for context.

R
R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
1.0.0Latest
2026-04-10 · current release
R
R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11

Package metadata

First published: 2026-04-10
Total releases: 1 / 1 yrs
License: GPL-2 OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 3.5.0
Bundled data: 52 KB / 1 file
Download size: 77 KB
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

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citation("observationalBlocks")

Format

Brumberg, K., & Rosenbaum, P. (2026). observationalBlocks: Block Designs for Observational Studies (Version 1.0.0) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.observationalBlocks

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APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for observationalBlocks version 1.0.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-23. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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