R Observatory: Metrics for optic version 1.0.1

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

optic

1.0.1

Simulation Tool for Causal Inference Using Longitudinal Data

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2.1Kdownloads / year

59.1%test coverage

13/13checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Pedro Nascimento de LimaFirst published 2023-05-262 releasesCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗

Implements a simulation study to assess the strengths and weaknesses of causal inference methods for estimating policy effects using panel data. See Griffin et al. (2021) doi:10.1007/s10742-022-00284-w and Griffin et al. (2022) doi:10.1186/s12874-021-01471-y for a description of our methods.

Install

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

install.packages("optic", 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("randcorporation/optic")

Development version from randcorporation/optic. 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-optic

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-optic

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-optic

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

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

Slowest check: 4.3 min · r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

Code health

Yes

Tests · ratio 0.09

59.1%

Coverage · measured lines

100%

Documentation · exports

14

Dependencies · direct

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Documentation

READMEYes · 899 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 100% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

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

Downloads

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Repository

GitHub ↗ randcorporation/optic

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License GPL-3.0 · 405 commits · Last activity 2026-07-01

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13 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

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R >= 4.1.0

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Pedro Nascimento de Lima

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Pedro Nascimento de Lima

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Beth Ann Griffin

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Package Timeline

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R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
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R 4.3.0 released · 2023-04-21

Package metadata

First published: 2023-05-26
Total releases: 2 / 3 yrs
License: GPL-3 OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 4.1.0
Bundled data: 11 KB / 1 file
Download size: 181 KB
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

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Format

Nascimento de Lima, P., Griffin, B. A., Grimm, G., Griswold, M., Pane, J., & Scherling, A. (2023). optic: Simulation Tool for Causal Inference Using Longitudinal Data (Version 1.0.1) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.optic

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Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for optic version 1.0.1 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-23. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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