R Observatory: Metrics for rmpw version 0.0.7

Balamuta, James Joseph

doi:10.5281/zenodo.21843040

rmpw

0.0.7Package record

Causal Mediation Analysis Using Weighting Approach

0packages depend

3Kdownloads / year

–test coverage

13/13flavors OK

Overview

About

Maintained by Xu QinCRAN page ↗

We implement causal mediation analysis using the methods proposed by Hong (2010) and Hong, Deutsch & Hill (2015) doi:10.3102/1076998615583902. It allows the estimation and hypothesis testing of causal mediation effects through ratio of mediator probability weights (RMPW). This strategy conveniently relaxes the assumption of no treatment-by-mediator interaction while greatly simplifying the outcome model specification without invoking strong distributional assumptions. We also implement a sensitivity analysis by extending the RMPW method to assess potential bias in the presence of omitted pretreatment or posttreatment covariates. The sensitivity analysis strategy was proposed by Hong, Qin, and Yang (2018) doi:10.3102/1076998617749561.

Install

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

install.packages("rmpw", 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-rmpw

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled. We list this channel from recorded r2u download activity rather than from a live index of the repository, so treat it as last known rather than guaranteed.

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-rmpw

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-rmpw

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed). We list this channel from recorded autoCRAN download activity rather than from a live index of the repository, so treat it as last known rather than guaranteed.

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

CRAN check page ↗

Slowest check: 57 s · r-devel-windows-x86_64

Status changes

OK13 OK2026-08-05
NOTE12 OK, 1 NOTE2026-08-01
OK14 OK2026-03-10

Advisories

none known

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Documentation

In release 0.0.7

READMENoVignettesNoNEWSNoCitation fileNoWebsitenot declared in DESCRIPTION

Help pages: 4
Examples that run: 0%3 only when donttest examples are enabled (R CMD check --as-cran)
Exported functions with examples: 100%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 100%
Help pages citing references: 75%

How these are measured

Downloads

3K

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #12,562 · ~8/day · ~247/mo

Releases R versions

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42830 days

89790 days

3K1 year

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

1 external dependency (excludes base and recommended)

Installing rmpw adds 1 package (1 with compiled code, 236 KB of source tarballs). Heaviest: gtools 236 KB.

Depends (4)

R >= 3.5.0gtoolsMASSboot

Imports (0)

none

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (0)

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Enhances (0)

none

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People & History

People (3)

Xu Qin

Author, Maintainer since 0.0.1 (2017)

Guanglei Hong

Author

Fan Yang

Author · added in 0.0.2

Releases (7)

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sensitivity, sensitivity.plot
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R 3.4.0 released · 2017-04-21

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R 3.3.0 released · 2016-05-03

Package metadata

First published: 2017-02-27
Total releases: 7 / 9 yrs
License: GPL-2 OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 3.5.0
Bundled data: 17 KB / 1 file
Download size: 33 KB

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Causal Inference

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citation("rmpw")

Format

Qin, X., Hong, G., & Yang, F. (2026). rmpw: Causal Mediation Analysis Using Weighting Approach (Version 0.0.7) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.rmpw

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Format

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for rmpw version 0.0.7 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-10-24. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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