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3/30/2024 forsearch version 6.0.0
- Major changes:
- Added functions forsearch_nls, eStep1, and eStep2 for nonlinear statistics
Moderate changes: None
- Minor changes and bug fixes:
- Added code to function showme for forsearch_nls objects and to function plotdiag.allgraphs for forsearch_nls graphics
- Modified vignette regarding where we get observations to cover nonlinear models
2/16/2024 forsearch version 5.1.0
Major changes: None
- Moderate changes:
- Completely revised flow of forsearch_glm to better accommodate models containing independent variables as factors
- Added vignette regarding exploration of the search history
- Minor changes and bug fixes:
- Fixed proportionality test bug (na’s) in plotdiag.ANOX2 for Cox regression
- Changed use of n.obs.per.level in picksome to be additive
- Remove unused argument of bStep2
- Added blind.label to arguments of plotdiag.allgraphs to allow user to request labeling of graph to reflect blinded database
1/13/2024 forsearch version 5.0.0
- Major changes:
- Completely revised flow of forsearch functions _lm, _lme and _cph to better accommodate models containing independent variables as factors
- Moderate changes:
- Added vignette describing strategy of the forsearch procedure
- Added ability to skip test of proportionality in forsearch_cph
- Minor changes and bug fixes:
- Modified diagnostic printouts for forsearch_cph
- Removed option in variablelist and in picksome for identifying function
- Integrated diagnostic printouts of aStep1, aStep2 and bStep2 with those of calling functions
- Added requirement that forsearch_cph have at least 1 factor variable
- Fixed bug preventing use of multiple observations in Step 1.
- Cleaned up examples
11/6/2023 forsearch version 4.2.0
Major changes: None
- Moderate changes:
- Added plotdiag.ANOX2 and applied it to proportionality test output of forsearch_cph, and test of null hypothesis in forsearch_lm and forsearch_lme
- Increased scope of models that can by handled by forsearch_lme by revising forsearch_lme and bStep2. Removed need for bStep1
- Added vector of Step 1 observation numbers to all forsearch_xxx functions
- Minor changes and bug fixes:
- Added proportionality test (cox.zph) to forsearch_cph
- Added test of null hypothesis (anova) to forsearch_lm and forsearch_lme
- Added proportionality test to showme for forsearch_cph
- Added null hypothesis test to showme for forsearch_lm and forsearch_lme
- Correct failure to define response.colnum in forsearch_lme that prevented skip of Step1
- Changed argument “addline” in plotdiag.Cook to single value default
9/12/2023 forsearch version 4.1.0
Major changes: None
Moderate changes: None
- Minor changes and bug fixes:
- Replaced argument diagnose=T/F with begin.diagnose numeric indicator
- Removed argument diagnose and diagnostic code in several small functions
- Added examples in all forsearch_xxx functions
- Cleaned up documentation wording
8/8/2023 forsearch version 4.0.0
- Major changes:
- Added function forsearch_cph for Cox proportional hazards
- Added function cStep2 for step 2 of Cox proportional hazard function
- Added functions plotdiag.Wald, plotdiag.lrt, and plotdiag.loglik
- Moderate changes:
- Combined showme, showmegl, and showmelme into showme function
- Added forsearch_cph to showme function
- Minor changes and bug fixes:
- Correct display of ANOVA structure in forsearch_glm for family=Gamma
- Correct indexing in aStep1
- Correct function ID in plotdiag.leverage
- Set default for addline in plotdiag.s2
- Added message in variablelist regarding single observations in some factor levels
- Correct coding error in picksome function
2/17/2023 forsearch version 3.2.0
Major changes: None
- Moderate changes:
- Added guidance to prevent linearly dependent X’X matrices in forsearch_glm
- Added capability of forsearch_glm to handle ANOVA and ANCOVA models
- Minor changes and bug fixes:
- Correct coding error in picksome function
1/4/2023 forsearch version 3.0.1
Major changes: None
Moderate changes: None
- Minor changes and bug fixes:
- Fixed response column identifier in forsearch_lme, aStep1, aStep2, bStep1 and bStep2
- Fixed need for handling NaN in certain data for forsearch_glm
- Clarified help for forsearch_glm for two response column numbers
12/14/2022 forsearch version 3.0.0
- Major changes:
- Rewrote forsearch_lme to clarify code for generation of Steps 1 and 2
- Extracted Step 1 and Step 2 increases in sample size to separate functions aStep1 and aStep2 from forsearch_lm and forsearch_lme
- Added functions aStep1 and aStep2 for linear model functions
- Added functions bStep1 and bStep2 for linear mixed effects models
- Moderate changes:
- Added plotdiag.all function to create drafts of all applicable graphs
- Added functions variablelist() and picksome() to subdivide observations into their factor levels
- Added capability of forsearch_lm, forsearch_glm and forsearch_lme to process factor variables and interactions with regression variables
- Added capability of forsearch_lm to calculate leverage of observations over subsets
- Added examples for forsearch_lm, forsearch_glm, and forsearch_lme
- Minor changes and bug fixes:
- Changed README to add plotdiag.all, variablelist, and picksome functions
- Changed some plotting functions to allow no fit of a line to the data
- Added option for all forsearch_xxx functions to blind initial display of data analysis structure, anticipating future developments
4/21/2022 forsearch version 2.3.0
Major changes: None
- Moderate changes:
- Correct subgroup selection procedure in forsearch_lme
- Calculate root mean square of random coefficients instead of the coefficients themselves in forsearch_lme
- Correct plotdiag.params.random to correspond with changed calculation of RMS
- Add plotdiag.fit3 to plot AIC, BIC, and log likelihood for forsearch_lme objects
- Minor changes and bug fixes:
- Print summary of assumed analysis in forsearch_lm and in forsearch_lme to permit formulation check
- Modify README and documentation of functions
3/24/2022 forsearch version 2.2.0
- Moderate changes:
- Clean up README and help files
- Modify forsearch_glm to handle observations of 0 or N (binomial)
3/17/2022 forsearch version 2.1.0
- Moderate changes:
- Correct the omission of README file
3/16/2022 forsearch version 2.0.0
- Major changes:
- Added forsearch_glm() function
- Added plotdiag.deviance.residuals() function
- Added plotdiag.phihatx() function
- Added plotdiag.AICX() function
- Added plotdiag.deviances() function
- Moderate changes:
- Added the collection of t statistics in forsearch_lm() and forsearch_lme() for subsequent plotting
- Added plotdiag.tstats() function to plot t statistics
- Added showmegl() function
- Changed some existing plotdiag functions to accommodate forsearch_glm()
- Minor changes and bug fixes:
- Added t statistics to list of summary prints in showme() and showmelme()
- Modified search.history() to account for case when all current observations replaced by new ones
- Enabled user to enter caption on all graphs
- Corrected 2nd example in README file
- Updated README file
- Removed extra squaring of response in plotdiag.residuals() function
1/27/2022 forsearch version 1.0.0
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