R Observatory: Metrics for semTests version 1.0.0

Balamuta, James Joseph

semTests

1.0.0

Robust Test Statistics for Structural Equation Models

0packages depend

1.8Kdownloads / year

99.8%test coverage

13/13checks pass

Overview

About

Maintained by Jonas MossFirst published 2024-01-184 releasesCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗

Computes robust p-values for overall fit and nested comparisons of structural equation models fitted with 'lavaan'. Implements penalized eigenvalue block averaging and penalized regression (Foldnes, Moss, Grønneberg, 2025) doi:10.1080/10705511.2024.2372028, including their extension to nested models (Foldnes, Grønneberg, Moss, 2026) doi:10.3758/s13428-026-02968-4, alongside familiar corrections such as Satorra-Bentler. Supported settings include complete-data ML, GLS, and ULS, categorical DWLS and ULS, and full-information maximum likelihood with one or several groups.

Install

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

install.packages("semTests", 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("JonasMoss/semTests")

Development version from JonasMoss/semTests. 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-semtests

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-semTests

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-semTests

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

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

Slowest check: 5.9 min · r-oldrel-macos-x86_64

Code health

Yes

Tests · ratio 0.89

99.8%

Coverage · measured lines

100%

Documentation · exports

2

Dependencies · direct

Check history

OK2026-08-04
13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
NOTE2026-08-01
12 OK · 1 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-06-08
12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 1 FAILURE
ERROR2026-06-07
12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE
OK2026-03-10
14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE

Documentation

READMEYes · 344 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 67% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: 44%
Return-value docs: 100%
References docs: 6%

Downloads

1.8K

CRAN downloads in the past year

Rank #18,796 · ~5/day · ~148/mo

Releases R versions

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10130 days

57290 days

1.8K1 year

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Repository

GitHub ↗ jonasmoss/semtests

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1Forks

0Open issues

0Open PRs

2Releases

169Commits

2Contributors

License GPL-3.0 · 169 commits · Last activity 2026-07-19

Forks over time

2026-07-07 · 02026-07-11 · 1

Repository practices

Upstream repositoryBeta

7 development-tooling and community-health practices detected across 6 families in the upstream repository

Checks run against github.com/jonasmoss/semtests on 2026-08-03.

Continuous integration (1)

GitHub Actions

CRAN release process (1)

cran-comments.md

Docs source (1)

README.Rmd

Lint, format, editor (2)

lintrRStudio project

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Coverage (1)

Codecov

Git structural (1)

.gitattributes

How this is detected·Detection ruleset v1 (2026-07-18)

Development tooling

AI-assisted toolingBeta

Uses AI-assisted development tooling (declared in repo)

Earliest detected marker: claude on 2026-06-08

claude

Most recent: claude on 2026-06-08

Evidence

claude: on 2026-06-08 · evidence B, D

How this is detected·Detection ruleset v2 (updated 2026-07-29)

Dependencies

Declared dependencies

4 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (1)

R >= 3.5.0

Imports (2)

lavaanmethods

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (3)

testthat knitr rmarkdown

Enhances (0)

none

Dependency license breakdown →

Reverse dependencies

0direct

0indirect

Nothing depends on this yet.

Code & Tests

People & History

People (3)

Maintainer (1)

Jonas Moss

Author, Maintainer

Authors (1)

Jonas Moss

Author, Maintainer

Contributors (2)

Njål Foldnes

Contributor

Steffen Grønneberg

Contributor

Package Timeline

4 releases. Pick two to compare their code metrics. R releases are shown for context.

1.0.0Latest
2026-07-19 · current release · diff ↗
unarchivedReturned to CRAN
2026-07-19
archivedRemoved from CRAN
2026-07-15
issues were not corrected in time
0.9.0
2026-06-09 · diff ↗
R
R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
0.7.1
2025-10-09 · diff ↗
unarchivedReturned to CRAN
2025-10-09
R
R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11
archivedRemoved from CRAN
2024-08-19
issues were not corrected despite reminders
R
R 4.4.0 released · 2024-04-24
0.5.0
2024-01-18
R
R 4.3.0 released · 2023-04-21

Package metadata

First published: 2024-01-18
Total releases: 4 / 2 yrs
License: GPL (>= 3) OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 3.5.0
Download size: 58 KB
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

Cite

Cite this package

Start here. This is the citation for the package itself.

citation("semTests")

CRAN DOI

https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.semTests

BibTeX, derived from DESCRIPTION

@Manual{semTests,
  title  = {semTests: Robust Test Statistics for Structural Equation Models},
  author = {Moss, Jonas and Foldnes, Njål and Grønneberg, Steffen},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {R package version 1.0.0},
  doi    = {10.32614/CRAN.package.semTests},
  url    = {https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=semTests}
}

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This is the citation for the package. It is not a citation for the R Observatory.

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BibTeX

@misc{robservatorysemTests,
  author    = {Balamuta, James Joseph},
  title     = {{R} {Observatory}: Metrics for {semTests} version 1.0.0},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {HJJB, LLC},
  url       = {https://r-observatory.thecoatlessprofessor.com/packages/semTests},
  note      = {Data set. Data release v2026-08-05}
}

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for semTests version 1.0.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-05. https://r-observatory.thecoatlessprofessor.com/packages/semTests

RIS

TY  - DATA
AU  - Balamuta, James Joseph
TI  - R Observatory: Metrics for semTests version 1.0.0
PY  - 2026
PB  - HJJB, LLC
N1  - Data release v2026-08-05
UR  - https://r-observatory.thecoatlessprofessor.com/packages/semTests
ER  -

In prose

These package metrics were obtained from the R Observatory (Balamuta, 2026), data release v2026-08-05, https://r-observatory.thecoatlessprofessor.com/packages/semTests.

Bound to data release v2026-08-05, which is what makes the numbers on this page reproducible. See how to cite.

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