ltgsmd: Latent True-Score and Target-Population Anchored Geometric SMD

Implements the latent true-score and target-population anchored geometric standardized mean difference (LTG-SMD) framework for two-group effect-size analysis. Provides plug-in estimation, analytic delta-method confidence intervals using a sample fourth-moment plug-in, bias-corrected and bias-corrected-accelerated nonparametric bootstrap confidence intervals with study x group stratification, denominator-sensitivity profiles, and multi-site meta-analytic wrappers. Includes denominator-diagnostic reporting, a pluggable reliability estimator interface, and an explicit interface for specifying the target reference distribution. Companion software to the methodological paper "The Denominator Chooses the Estimand: A Target-Population True-Score Framework for Standardized Mean Differences" (Nakamura, in press, Psychological Methods).

Version:	0.2.2
Depends:	R (≥ 4.1.0)
Imports:	stats
Suggests:	boot, metafor, psych, testthat (≥ 3.0.0), knitr, rmarkdown
Published:	2026-09-02
DOI:	10.32614/CRAN.package.ltgsmd
Author:	Daiki Nakamura [aut, cre]
Maintainer:	Daiki Nakamura <nakamura at miyazaki-u.ac.jp>
License:	MIT + file LICENSE
URL:	https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/KW9R6
NeedsCompilation:	no
Materials:	README, NEWS
CRAN checks:	ltgsmd results

Documentation:

Reference manual:	ltgsmd.html , ltgsmd.pdf
Vignettes:	Getting started with the LTG-SMD framework (source, R code)

Downloads:

Package source:	ltgsmd_0.2.2.tar.gz
Windows binaries:	r-devel: not available, r-release: ltgsmd_0.2.2.zip, r-oldrel: ltgsmd_0.2.2.zip
macOS binaries:	r-release (arm64): ltgsmd_0.2.2.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): ltgsmd_0.2.2.tgz, r-release (x86_64): ltgsmd_0.2.2.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): ltgsmd_0.2.2.tgz

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