R Observatory: Metrics for ratesci version 1.1.0

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

ratesci

1.1.0

Confidence Intervals and Tests for Comparisons of Binomial Proportions or Poisson Rates

1packages depend

4.5Kdownloads / year

55.4%test coverage

13/13checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Pete LaudFirst published 2016-11-137 releasesCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗

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.

Install

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

install.packages("ratesci", 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("petelaud/ratesci")

Development version from petelaud/ratesci. 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-ratesci

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-ratesci

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-ratesci

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

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

Slowest check: 7.8 min · r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

Code health

Yes

Tests · ratio 0.25

55.4%

Coverage · measured lines

100%

Documentation · exports

0

Dependencies · direct

Check history

OK2026-08-05
13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
NOTE2026-08-01
12 OK · 1 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-03-10
14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

Documentation

READMENoVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 100% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: 80%
Return-value docs: 100%
References docs: 82%

Downloads

4.5K

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Rank #5,560 · ~12/day · ~378/mo

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Repository

GitHub ↗ petelaud/ratesci

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

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Package metadata

First published: 2016-11-13
Total releases: 7 / 10 yrs
License: GPL (>= 3) OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 3.6.0
Bundled data: 1.3 KB / 3 files
Download size: 1.6 MB
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

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Laud, P. (2026). ratesci: Confidence Intervals and Tests for Comparisons of Binomial Proportions or Poisson Rates (Version 1.1.0) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.ratesci

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Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for ratesci version 1.1.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-25. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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