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quickblock

Quick Threshold Blocking

v0.2.2 · Jul 31, 2024 · GPL (>= 3)

Description

Provides functions for assigning treatments in randomized experiments using near-optimal threshold blocking. The package is made with large data sets in mind and derives blocks more than an order of magnitude quicker than other methods.

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1

Last 7 days

3

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0

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Check History

OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026

Code

Structure

Lines of code

2,977

Files

32

Compiled share

19%

Has compiled src

Yes

Language breakdown

R 760 (25.5%)C/C++/src 565 (19%)Tests 1,271 (42.7%)Docs 381 (12.8%)

API

Exported functions

5

Internal functions

12

Recent export changes

v0.1.0+5 assign_treatment, blocking_estimator, is.qb_blocking +2 more

Testing & CI

Has tests

Yes

Test-to-code ratio

1.67

testthat edition

CI present

No

CI type

[]

PR gated

No

Docs

Return-value doc rate

100%

\dontrun example ratio

0%

Roxygen coverage

100%

Has pkgdown

No

NEWS present

Yes

Health & Security signals

Informational signals; not verdicts.

on.exit coverage

Unsafe pattern score

0

Dep constraint coverage

50%

Secret pattern count

0

Bundled 3rd-party code

2 items

Portability & License

Min R version

3.4.0

System requirements

C++ standard

License

GPL (>= 3)

License flags

SPDX valid, OSI approved

History

Versions

5

First release

2017-07-31

Latest release

2024-07-31

Avg cadence

303 days

Cold removal rate

Dep drift

0

LOC over versions

v0.1.0: 2,908 LOCv0.1.1: 2,910 LOCv0.2.0: 2,976 LOCv0.2.1: 2,977 LOCv0.2.2: 2,977 LOC

Per-file churn detail lives in the source pipeline: https://github.com/r-observatory/cran-code-metrics.

Reverse Dependencies (1)

suggests

Dependency Network

Dependencies Reverse dependencies distances scclust tidyhte quickblock

Version History

6 tracked
new 0.2.2 Mar 10, 2026
updated 0.2.2 ← 0.2.1 diff Jul 31, 2024
updated 0.2.1 ← 0.2.0 diff Nov 28, 2023
updated 0.2.0 ← 0.1.1 diff Aug 21, 2018
updated 0.1.1 ← 0.1.0 diff Jul 25, 2018
new 0.1.0 Jul 30, 2017