R Observatory: Metrics for propensity version 0.1.0

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

propensity

0.1.0

A Toolkit for Calculating and Working with Propensity Scores

2packages depend

2.1Kdownloads / year

84.8%test coverage

13/13checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Malcolm BarrettFirst published 2026-03-021 releasesCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗

Calculates propensity score weights for multiple causal 'estimands' across binary, continuous, and categorical exposures. Provides methods for handling extreme propensity scores through trimming, truncation, and calibration. Includes inverse probability weighted estimators that correctly account for propensity score estimation uncertainty.

Install

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

install.packages("propensity", 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("r-causal/propensity")

Development version from r-causal/propensity. 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-propensity

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-propensity

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-propensity

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

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

Slowest check: 2.4 min · r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

Code health

Yes

Tests · ratio 1.68

84.8%

Coverage · measured lines

100%

Documentation · exports

6

Dependencies · direct

Check history

OK2026-08-05
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OK2026-03-10
14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

Documentation

READMEYes · 256 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSNoCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: 97%
Return-value docs: 100%
References docs: 31%

Downloads

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CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #9,377 · ~6/day · ~175/mo

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Repository

GitHub ↗ r-causal/propensity

23Stars

6Forks

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0Open PRs

1Releases

498Commits

2Contributors

498 commits · Last activity 2026-08-13 · 0% stars, 30d

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Checks run against github.com/r-causal/propensity on 2026-08-16.

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cran-comments.md

Docs source (1)

README.Rmd

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

18 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (1)

R >= 4.2.0

Imports (6)

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Code & Tests

People & History

People (1)

Maintainer (1)

Malcolm Barrett

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Authors (1)

Malcolm Barrett

Author, Maintainer, Copyright holder

Copyright holders (1)

Malcolm Barrett

Author, Maintainer, Copyright holder

Package Timeline

1 release. R releases are shown for context.

R
R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
0.1.0Latest
2026-03-10 · current release
R
R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11

Package metadata

First published: 2026-03-02
Total releases: 1 / 1 yrs
License: MIT + file LICENSE OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 4.2.0
Download size: 900 KB
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("propensity")

Format

Barrett, M. (2026). propensity: A Toolkit for Calculating and Working with Propensity Scores (Version 0.1.0) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.propensity

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Format

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for propensity version 0.1.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-18. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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