pumBayes

1.0.2

Bayesian Estimation of Probit Unfolding Models for Binary Preference Data

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Overview

About

Maintained by Skylar ShiFirst published 2025-05-303 releasesCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗

Bayesian estimation and analysis methods for Probit Unfolding Models (PUMs), a novel class of scaling models designed for binary preference data. These models allow for both monotonic and non-monotonic response functions. The package supports Bayesian inference for both static and dynamic PUMs using Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithms with minimal or no tuning. Key functionalities include posterior sampling, hyperparameter selection, data preprocessing, model fit evaluation, and visualization. The methods are particularly suited to analyzing voting data, such as from the U.S. Congress or Supreme Court, but can also be applied in other contexts where non-monotonic responses are expected. For methodological details, see Shi et al. (2025) doi:10.48550/arXiv.2504.00423.

Install

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

install.packages("pumBayes", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")

Installs the current CRAN release. Prebuilt binaries on Windows and macOS.

if (!requireNamespace("pak", quietly = TRUE))
  install.packages("pak", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")
pak::pak("SkylarShiHub/pumBayes")

Development version from SkylarShiHub/pumBayes. Installs pak first if it is not already available.

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-pumbayes

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-pumBayes

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-pumBayes

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

Health

CRAN checks

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Slowest check: 2.5 min · r-oldrel-macos-x86_64

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Documentation

READMEYes · 179 wordsVignettesNopkgdown siteNoNEWSNoCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 54%
Documented parameters: 92%
Return-value docs: 100%
References docs: 0%

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Repository

GitHub ↗ skylarshihub/pumbayes

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License GPL-3.0 · 62 commits · Last activity 2026-02-09 · 0% stars, 30d

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10 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

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R >= 3.6.0

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Rcpp

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Rcpp RcppArmadillo RcppDist mvtnorm RcppTN

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knitr rmarkdown pscl MCMCpack

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Skylar Shi

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Package Timeline

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R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
1.0.2Latest
2026-02-09 · current release · diff ↗
unarchivedReturned to CRAN
2026-02-09
archivedRemoved from CRAN
2026-01-25
issues were not corrected in time gcc 14 warns, also C++20 issues
1.0.1
2025-10-23 · diff ↗
1.0.0
2025-05-30
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R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11

Package metadata

First published: 2025-05-30
Total releases: 3 / 1 yrs
License: GPL-3 OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 3.6.0
Bundled data: 79 KB / 2 files
Download size: 119 KB
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