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MultiSpline

An R package for fitting, predicting, and visualizing nonlinear relationships in single-level, multilevel, and longitudinal regression models using spline-based methods.

Overview

In social and health science research, nonlinear effects are very common in clustered or longitudinal data. MultiSpline provides a simple and unified interface for estimating these effects without requiring manual construction of spline terms or interaction structures.

Installation

# Install from CRAN
install.packages("MultiSpline")
# Or install the development version from GitHub
devtools::install_github("causalfragility-lab/MultiSpline")

Core Functions

Function Description
nl_fit() Fit a nonlinear single-level or multilevel model
nl_summary() Tidy coefficient table
nl_predict() Generate predictions with uncertainty
nl_plot() Visualize nonlinear effects
nl_icc() Compute intraclass correlations

Example

library(MultiSpline)
# Simulate data
set.seed(42)
d <- data.frame(
  schid      = rep(1:10, each = 60),
  id         = rep(1:200, each = 3),
  TimePoint  = factor(rep(1:3, times = 200)),
  SES        = rnorm(600),
  math_score = rnorm(600, mean = 50, sd = 10)
)
# Fit nonlinear multilevel model
fit <- nl_fit(
  data    = d,
  y       = "math_score",
  x       = "SES",
  time    = "TimePoint",
  cluster = c("id", "schid"),
  method  = "ns",
  df      = 4
)
# Coefficient table
nl_summary(fit)
# Intraclass correlations
nl_icc(fit)
# Predictions and plot
pred <- nl_predict(fit)
nl_plot(pred, x = "SES", time = "TimePoint")

License

MIT © Subir Hait

Author

Subir Hait, Michigan State University

Citation

If you use MultiSpline in your research, please cite:

citation("MultiSpline")

Or:

Hait, S. (2026). MultiSpline: Spline-Based Nonlinear Modeling
for Multilevel and Longitudinal Data. R package version 0.1.0.
https://cran.r-project.org/package=MultiSpline

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They may not be fully stable and should be used with caution. We make no claims about them.
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