ratesci
Confidence Intervals and Tests for Comparisons of Binomial Proportions or Poisson Rates
Description
Computes confidence intervals for binomial or Poisson rates and their differences or ratios. Including the rate (or risk) difference ('RD') or rate ratio (or relative risk, 'RR') for binomial proportions or Poisson rates, and odds ratio ('OR', binomial only). Also confidence intervals for RD, RR or OR for paired binomial data, and estimation of a proportion from clustered binomial data. Includes skewness-corrected asymptotic score ('SCAS') methods, which have been developed in Laud (2017) <doi:10.1002/pst.1813> from Miettinen and Nurminen (1985) <doi:10.1002/sim.4780040211> and Gart and Nam (1988) <doi:10.2307/2531848>, and in Laud (2026, under review) for paired proportions. In each case, the same score produces hypothesis tests that are improved versions of the non-inferiority test for binomial RD and RR by Farrington and Manning (1990) <doi:10.1002/sim.4780091208>, or a generalisation of the McNemar test for paired data. The package also includes MOVER methods (Method Of Variance Estimates Recovery) for all contrasts, derived from the Newcombe method but with options to use equal-tailed intervals in place of the Wilson score method, and generalised for Bayesian applications incorporating prior information. So-called 'exact' methods for strictly conservative coverage are approximated using continuity adjustments, and the amount of adjustment can be selected to avoid over-conservative coverage. Also includes methods for stratified calculations (e.g. meta-analysis), either with fixed effect assumption (matching the CMH test) or incorporating stratum heterogeneity.
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Code
Structure
Lines of code
12,847
Files
88
Compiled share
0%
Has compiled src
No
Language breakdown
API
Exported functions
18
Internal functions
17
Recent export changes
Testing & CI
Has tests
Yes
Test-to-code ratio
0.25
testthat edition
3
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
–
Secret pattern count
0
Bundled 3rd-party code
2 items
Portability & License
Min R version
3.6.0
System requirements
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C++ standard
–
License
GPL (>= 3)
License flags
SPDX valid, OSI approved
History
Versions
7
First release
2016-11-13
Latest release
2026-07-02
Avg cadence
339 days
Cold removal rate
–
Dep drift
2
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