R Observatory: Metrics for ordinalCont version 2.0.2

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

ordinalCont

2.0.2Package record

Ordinal Regression Analysis for Continuous Scales

0packages dependsuggested by 2

17.7Kdownloads / year

–test coverage

13/13flavors OK

Overview

About

Maintained by Maurizio ManuguerraCRAN page ↗

A regression framework for response variables which are continuous self-rating scales such as the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) used in pain assessment, or the Linear Analog Self-Assessment (LASA) scales in quality of life studies. These scales measure subjects' perception of an intangible quantity, and cannot be handled as ratio variables because of their inherent non-linearity. We treat them as ordinal variables, measured on a continuous scale. A function (the g function) connects the scale with an underlying continuous latent variable. The link function is the inverse of the CDF of the assumed underlying distribution of the latent variable. A variety of link functions are currently implemented. Such models are described in Manuguerra et al (2020) doi:10.18637/jss.v096.i08.

Install

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

install.packages("ordinalCont", 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-ordinalcont

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled. We list this channel from recorded r2u download activity rather than from a live index of the repository, so treat it as last known rather than guaranteed.

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-ordinalCont

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-ordinalCont

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed). We list this channel from recorded autoCRAN download activity rather than from a live index of the repository, so treat it as last known rather than guaranteed.

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

CRAN check page ↗

Slowest check: 1.5 min · r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

Status changes

OK13 OK2026-08-05
NOTE12 OK, 1 NOTE2026-08-01
OK14 OK2026-03-10

Advisories

none known

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Documentation

In release 2.0.2

READMEYes · 288 wordsVignettesNoNEWSYes · 33% structuredCitation fileYes · cites a publicationWebsitenot declared in DESCRIPTION

Cites a JSS article

Help pages: 25includes a package overview page
Examples that run: 30%3 run in a plain check · 7 never run
Exported functions with examples: 100%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 100%
Help pages citing references: 24%

How these are measured

Downloads

17.7K

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #4,596 · ~48/day · ~1.5K/mo

Releases R versions

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68630 days

1.8K90 days

17.7K1 year

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How downloads are counted

Dependencies

Declared dependencies

1 external dependency (excludes base and recommended)

Installing ordinalCont adds 2 packages (2 with compiled code, 1.8 MB of source tarballs). Heaviest: Rcpp 1.8 MB, Deriv 47 KB.

Depends (4)

R >= 3.3.0bootsplinesDeriv

Imports (0)

none

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (0)

none

Enhances (0)

none

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Reverse dependencies

0direct

0indirect

Suggested by 2

Suggests, most downloaded first

tram tramME

How these are counted

Code & Tests

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People & History

People (2)

Maurizio Manuguerra

Author, Maintainer since 0.4 (2015)

Gillian Heller

Author

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Package metadata

First published: 2015-05-26
Total releases: 8 / 11 yrs
License: GPL (>= 2) OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 3.3.0
Bundled data: 23 KB / 3 files
Download size: 61 KB

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' entry:

citation("ordinalCont")

The package provides a citation file, so citation() returns the authors' own entry.

It points to 10.18637/jss.v096.i08.

Cite the R Observatory

For a number measured here: a download total, a coverage figure, an archival date.

Format

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for ordinalCont version 2.0.2 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-10-23. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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