R Markdown Format for Flexible Dashboards

Format for converting an R Markdown document to a grid oriented dashboard. The dashboard flexibly adapts the size of it's components to the containing web page.

Generalized Additive Extreme Value Models for Location, Scale and Shape

Fits generalized additive models for the location, scale and shape parameters of a generalized extreme value response distribution. The methodology is based on Rigby, R.A. and Stasinopoulos, D.M. (2005), and implemented using functions from the 'gamlss' package .

Read Text Documents into R

A small collection of convenience tools for reading text documents into R.

Forecasting and Early Outbreak Detection for Sparse Count Data

Functions for fitting, forecasting, and early detection of outbreaks in sparse surveillance count time series. Supports negative binomial (NB), self-exciting NB, generalise autoregressive moving average (GARMA) NB , zero-inflated NB (ZINB), self-exciting ZINB, generalise autoregressive moving average ZINB, and hurdle formulations. Climatic and environmental covariates can be included in the regression component and/or the zero-modified components. Includes outbreak-detection algorithms for NB, ZINB, and hurdle models, with utilities for prediction and diagnostics.

Modelling of Extreme Values

Various tools for the analysis of univariate, multivariate and functional extremes. Exact simulation from max-stable processes (Dombry, Engelke and Oesting, 2016, , R-Pareto processes for various parametric models, including Brown-Resnick (Wadsworth and Tawn, 2014, ) and Extremal Student (Thibaud and Opitz, 2015, ). Threshold selection methods, including Wadsworth (2016) , and Northrop and Coleman (2014) . Multivariate extreme diagnostics. Estimation and likelihoods for univariate extremes, e.g., Coles (2001) .

Total, Between-, and Within-Cluster Spearman Rank Correlations for Clustered Data

Estimates the total, between-, and within-cluster Spearman rank correlations for continuous and ordinal clustered data. See Tu et al. (2024) for details.

Bayesian Projection of Life Expectancy

Making probabilistic projections of life expectancy for all countries of the world, using a Bayesian hierarchical model . Subnational projections are also supported.

A New Four-Arm Within-Study Comparison Data on Math and Vocabulary Training

This dataset was collected using a new four-arm within-study comparison design. The study aimed to examine the impact of a mathematics training intervention and a vocabulary study session on post-test scores in mathematics and vocabulary, respectively. The innovative four-arm within-study comparison design facilitates both experimental and quasi-experimental identification of average causal effects.

Tools for the 'qdap' Package

A collection of tools associated with the 'qdap' package that may be useful outside of the context of text analysis.

Compute and Visualize Wildfire Exposure

Methods for computing and visualizing wildfire ignition exposure and directional vulnerability that are published in a series of scientific publications are automated by the functions in this package. See Beverly et al. (2010) , Beverly et al. (2021) , and Beverly and Forbes (2023) for background and methodology.