R Observatory: Metrics for refineR version 2.0.0

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

refineR

2.0.0

Reference Interval Estimation using Real-World Data

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5.9Kdownloads / year

–test coverage

13/13checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Matthias BeckFirst published 2021-08-027 releasesCRAN page ↗

Indirect method for the estimation of reference intervals (RIs) using Real-World Data ('RWD') and methods for comparing and verifying RIs. Estimates RIs by applying advanced statistical methods to routine diagnostic test measurements, which include both pathological and non-pathological samples, to model the distribution of non-pathological samples. This distribution is then used to derive reference intervals and support RI verification, i.e., deciding if a specific RI is suitable for the local population. The package also provides functions for printing and plotting algorithm results. See ?refineR for a detailed description of features. Version 1.0 of the algorithm is described in 'Ammer et al. (2021)' doi:10.1038/s41598-021-95301-2. Additional guidance is in 'Ammer et al. (2023)' doi:10.1093/jalm/jfac101. The verification method is described in 'Beck et al. (2025)' doi:10.1515/cclm-2025-0728.

Install

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

install.packages("refineR", 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-refiner

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-refineR

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-refineR

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

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

Slowest check: 6.9 min · r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

Code health

None

Tests · ratio 0.00

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Coverage

100%

Documentation · exports

7

Dependencies · direct

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13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
WARNING2026-06-08
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Documentation

READMENoVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 100% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 13%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 100%
References docs: 7%

Downloads

5.9K

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #7,401 · ~16/day · ~494/mo

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

5 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (1)

R >= 3.2.0

Imports (7)

statsash future future.applyparallelgraphicsgrDevices

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (2)

knitr rmarkdown

Enhances (0)

none

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People & History

People (4)

Maintainer (1)

Matthias Beck

Author, Maintainer · added in 2.0.0

Authors (4)

Matthias Beck

Author, Maintainer · added in 2.0.0

Tatjana Ammer

Author

Christopher M Rank

Author

Andre Schuetzenmeister

Author

Package Timeline

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Package metadata

First published: 2021-08-02
Total releases: 7 / 5 yrs
License: GPL (>= 3) OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 3.2.0
Bundled data: 3.5 MB / 5 files
Download size: 4.3 MB
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

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Format

Beck, M., Ammer, T., Rank, C. M., & Schuetzenmeister, A. (2025). refineR: Reference Interval Estimation using Real-World Data (Version 2.0.0) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.refineR

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Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for refineR version 2.0.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-24. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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