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Outbreak size inference and simulations

Is CDCgov/nbbp beginner-friendly?

We have not seen enough recent pull requests from outside contributors to CDCgov/nbbp to say how often they are merged. 3 beginner-friendly issues are open now.

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15
Dominant language
R
License
Apache-2.0
Last GitHub push
May 11, 2026
Latest indexed
Sep 21, 2026
No contributing guide
No code of conduct
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No merged PRs in 30d

How to contribute to CDCgov/nbbp

  1. There is no contributing guide, so start from the README and a few recently merged pull requests to see how changes are proposed.
  2. Your contributions will be published under the project's Apache-2.0 license.
  3. Pick one of the 3 open beginner-friendly issues below and comment that you want to work on it before you start.
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  • Consider adding badges to README to indicate code coverage, r cmd check, etc
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    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

    CDCgov/nbbp#75 ·

  • Add examples to key functions
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    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 63/100

    CDCgov/nbbp#74 ·

  • Add essential GitHub Actions for ensuring package health
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    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 72/100

    CDCgov/nbbp#72 ·

  • Fix spelling of "user friendliness" in paper
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    Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 72/100

    CDCgov/nbbp#70 ·

  • Sync documentation wrt where we describe infinite sum for partial observations
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    Difficulty 1/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 78/100

    CDCgov/nbbp#69 ·

  • (Re?-)define "chain" (or "outbreak")
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    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 55/100

    CDCgov/nbbp#65 ·

  • Clarity on data usage
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    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    CDCgov/nbbp#63 · 4 comments ·

  • Ordering in rnbbp not quite right
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

    CDCgov/nbbp#61 ·

  • Do we have all our -1 terms right?
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    CDCgov/nbbp#60 ·

  • Make `censor_geq` a mask
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    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    CDCgov/nbbp#40 · 5 comments ·

  • Merge `stan_nbbp` documentation
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    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    CDCgov/nbbp#39 ·

  • Naming scheme for `fit_` functions
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    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    CDCgov/nbbp#19 · 1 comment ·

  • Improving likelihood surface plots in documentation
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    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

    CDCgov/nbbp#18 ·

  • Prettier rendering
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    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

    CDCgov/nbbp#16 ·

  • Unable to install the package on MacOS
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    • Is something wrong?

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 56/100

    CDCgov/nbbp#71 ·

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