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bruceR

BRoadly Useful Convenient and Efficient R functions that BRing Users Concise and Elegant R data analyses.

This package includes easy-to-use functions for (1) basic R programming (e.g., set working directory to the path of currently opened file, import/export data from/to files with any format, print strings with rich formats and colors); (2) multivariate computation (e.g., compute scale sums/means/... with reverse scoring); (3) reliability and factor analyses (PCA, EFA, CFA); (4) descriptive statistics and correlation analyses; (5) t-test, multi-factor analysis of variance (ANOVA), simple-effect analysis, and post-hoc multiple comparison; (6) tidy report of statistical models (to R Console and Microsoft Word); (7) mediation and moderation analyses (PROCESS); and (8) additional toolbox for statistics and graphics.

Author

包寒吴霜 | Bao H.-W.-S.

E-mail: baohws@foxmail.com

Website: psychbruce.github.io

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Installation

## Method 1: Install from CRAN
install.packages("bruceR")

## Method 2: Install from GitHub
install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("psychbruce/bruceR", force=TRUE, upgrade=FALSE)

Tips:

  1. Please restart (close and reopen) RStudio before installation.
  2. If you see a dialog asking "Do you want to install from sources the package which needs compilation?", it would be better to choose "No" (to save your time).
  3. If you fail to install, please read carefully the warning messages and find out the key R package(s) causing the failure, manually uninstall and reinstall these R package(s), and then retry the main installation.
  4. It would be better to update R to its latest version (v4.0+).
  5. It would be better to download and install Rtools.exe on Windows system.

Package Dependency

bruceR depends on many important R packages.

Loading bruceR by library(bruceR) will also load these R packages for you:

  • [Data]:

    • dplyr: Data manipulation and processing.
    • tidyr: Data cleaning and reshaping.
    • stringr: Toolbox for string operation (with regular expressions).
    • forcats: Toolbox for factor manipulation (for categorical variables).
    • data.table: Advanced data.frame with higher efficiency.
  • [Stat]:

    • emmeans: Estimates of marginal means and multiple contrasts.
    • effectsize: Estimates of effect sizes and standardized parameters.
    • performance: Estimates of regression models performance.
  • [Plot]:

    • ggplot2: Data visualization.
    • ggtext: Markdown/HTML rich text format for ggplot2 (geoms and themes).
    • cowplot: Advanced toolbox for ggplot2 (arrange multiple plots and add labels).
    • see: Advanced toolbox for ggplot2 (geoms, scales, themes, and color palettes).

Main Functions in bruceR

  1. Basic R Programming

    • set.wd() (alias: set_wd())
    • import(), export()
    • pkg_depend(), pkg_install_suggested()
    • formatF(), formatN()
    • print_table()
    • Print(), Glue(), Run()
    • %^%
    • %notin%
    • %allin%, %anyin%, %nonein%, %partin%
  2. Multivariate Computation

    • SUM(), MEAN(), STD(), MODE(), COUNT(), CONSEC()
    • RECODE(), RESCALE()
    • LOOKUP()
  3. Reliability and Factor Analyses

    • Alpha()
    • EFA() / PCA()
    • CFA()
  4. Descriptive Statistics and Correlation Analyses

    • Describe()
    • Freq()
    • Corr()
    • cor_diff()
  5. T-Test, Multi-Factor ANOVA, Simple-Effect Analysis, and Post-Hoc Multiple Comparison

    • TTEST()
    • MANOVA()
    • EMMEANS()
  6. Tidy Report of Regression Models

    • model_summary()
    • lavaan_summary()
    • GLM_summary()
    • HLM_summary()
    • HLM_ICC_rWG()
    • regress()
  7. Mediation and Moderation Analyses

    • PROCESS()
    • med_summary()
  8. Additional Toolbox for Statistics and Graphics

    • grand_mean_center()
    • group_mean_center()
    • ccf_plot()
    • granger_test()
    • granger_causality()
    • theme_bruce()
    • show_colors()

Function Output

For some functions, the results can be saved to Microsoft Word using the file argument.

bruceR FunctionOutput: R ConsoleOutput: MS Word
print_table()√ (basic usage)
Describe()
Freq()
Corr()√ (suggested)
Alpha()(unnecessary)
EFA() / PCA()
CFA()
TTEST()
MANOVA()
EMMEANS()
PROCESS()√ (partial)
model_summary()√ (suggested)
med_summary()
lavaan_summary()
GLM_summary()
HLM_summary()
HLM_ICC_rWG()(unnecessary)
granger_test()
granger_causality()

Examples:

## Correlation analysis (and descriptive statistics)
Corr(airquality, file="cor.doc")

## Regression analysis
lm1=lm(Temp ~ Month + Day, data=airquality)
lm2=lm(Temp ~ Month + Day + Wind + Solar.R, data=airquality)
model_summary(list(lm1, lm2), file="reg.doc")
model_summary(list(lm1, lm2), std=TRUE, file="reg_std.doc")

Learn More From Help Pages

library(bruceR)

## Overview
help("bruceR")
help(bruceR)
?bruceR

## See help pages of functions
## (use `?function` or `help(function)`)
?set.wd
?import
?export
?Describe
?Freq
?Corr
?Alpha
?MEAN
?RECODE
?TTEST
?MANOVA
?EMMEANS
?PROCESS
?model_summary
?lavaan_summary
?GLM_summary
?HLM_summary
...

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install.packages('bruceR')

Monthly Downloads

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Version

0.8.0

License

GPL-3

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Maintainer

Han-Wu-Shuang Bao

Last Published

November 28th, 2021

Functions in bruceR (0.8.0)

CFA

Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA).
Alpha

Reliability analysis (Cronbach's \(\alpha\) and McDonald's \(\omega\)).
HLM_ICC_rWG

Tidy report of HLM indices: ICC(1), ICC(2), and rWG/rWG(J).
HLM_summary

Tidy report of HLM (lmer and glmer models).
Freq

Frequency statistics.
GLM_summary

Tidy report of GLM (lm and glm models).
EFA

Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Exploratory Factor analysis (EFA).
EMMEANS

Simple-effect analysis and post-hoc multiple comparison.
Corr

Correlation analysis.
Describe

Descriptive statistics.
LOOKUP

Search, match, and look up values (like Excel's functions INDEX + MATCH).
Run

Run code parsed from text.
RGB

A simple extension of rgb().
PROCESS

PROCESS for mediation and/or moderation analyses.
Print

Print strings with rich formats and colors.
bruceR-package

bruceR: BRoadly Useful Convenient and Efficient R functions
MANOVA

Multi-factor ANOVA.
%allin%

A simple extension of %in%.
%anyin%

A simple extension of %in%.
group_mean_center

Group-mean centering.
%^%

Paste strings together.
ccf_plot

Cross-correlation analysis.
p

Compute p value.
pkg_depend

Check dependencies of R packages.
grand_mean_center

Grand-mean centering.
formula_paste

Paste a formula into a string.
granger_causality

Granger causality test (multivariate).
RECODE

Recode a variable.
TTEST

One-sample, independent-samples, and paired-samples t-test.
granger_test

Granger causality test (bivariate).
export

Export data to a file (TXT, CSV, Excel, SPSS, Stata, ...) or clipboard.
formatF

Format numeric values.
RESCALE

Rescale a variable (e.g., from 5-point to 7-point).
cor_diff

Test the difference between two correlations.
%%COMPUTE%%

Multivariate computation.
bruceR-demodata

Demo data.
dtime

Timer (compute time difference).
formatN

Format "1234" to "1,234".
formula_expand

Expand all interaction terms in a formula.
%notin%

The opposite of %in%.
import

Import data from a file (TXT, CSV, Excel, SPSS, Stata, ...) or clipboard.
med_summary

Tidy report of mediation analysis.
%partin%

A simple extension of %in%.
lavaan_summary

Tidy report of lavaan model.
show_colors

Show colors.
rep_char

Repeat a character string for many times and paste them up.
regress

Regression analysis.
set.wd

Set working directory to the path of currently opened file.
scaler

Min-max scaling (min-max normalization).
model_summary

Tidy report of regression models.
%nonein%

A simple extension of %in%.
pkg_install_suggested

Install suggested R packages.
print_table

Print a three-line table (to R Console and Microsoft Word).
theme_bruce

A nice ggplot2 theme that enables Markdown/HTML rich text.