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Packages mlmtools and mind

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
r
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start by reviewing the MixedModels task view and the linked CRAN pages for mlmtools and mind. Determine whether each package belongs in the task view, where mlmtools should be categorized, and how its overlap with Official Statistics & Survey Statistics should be handled; done means the placement decision is reflected in the task view.

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Description

Package mlmtools definitely seems relevant, although it provides a bit of a mix of different things (e.g., some pre-processing stuff, $R^2$, some visualizations, some model assumption checks), so not quite sure where it would fit. We also don't have anything related to visualization in the first place. Maybe Model diagnostics and summary statistics could be expanded to Model diagnostics, summary statistics, and visualization.

Package mind seems to be related to small area estimation, which is already covered by the Official Statistics & Survey Statistics task view, but that of course does overlap thematically with mixed-effects models. Not sure how we should handle that.

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R
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Forks
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