Simulation-Based Tools for Bioacoustic Study Design R package ValidationExplorer version 0.1.1 Many bioacoustic data workflows rely on manual review (i.e., validation) of a subset of call files to provide information to statistical models that account for misclassification by automated algorithms. Because manual review can be prohibitively expensive, simulation can be a valuable tool to aid the design of studies that use validation. This package provides user-friendly functions to reduce the programming burden of simulation studies that compare validation sampling designs. Simulations assume the count-detection model, which is a realistic model for bioacoustic data, especially for bats. For more information, see Oram et al. (2025) <doi:10.1214/25-AOAS2096>. Software Depends: nimble, R (>= 4.1.0) Imports: coda, dplyr, ggplot2, magrittr, purrr, rlang, rstan, stringr, tibble, tidyr, viridis Suggests: testthat (>= 3.0.0), withr Jacob Oram <jacoboram@montana.edu> Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN) Jacob Oram [aut, cre, cph] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8405-529X>), Katharine Banner [aut] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7103-0042>), Christian Stratton [aut] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8051-2185>), Kathryn Irvine [aut] (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6426-940X>) MIT + file LICENSE (https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=ValidationExplorer/LICENSE) 2026-06-07 application/tgz https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=ValidationExplorer doi:10.32614/CRAN.package.ValidationExplorer