Contains several basic utility functions including: moving
        (rolling, running) window statistic functions, read/write for
        GIF and ENVI binary files, fast calculation of AUC, LogitBoost
        classifier, base64 encoder/decoder, round-off-error-free sum
        and cumsum, etc.

Allows the user to categorise a continuous predictor variable in a logistic or a Cox proportional hazards regression setting, by maximising the discriminative ability of the model. I Barrio, I Arostegui, MX Rodriguez-Alvarez, JM Quintana (2015) <doi:10.1177/0962280215601873>. I Barrio,  MX Rodriguez-Alvarez, L Meira-Machado, C Esteban, I Arostegui (2017) <https://www.idescat.cat/sort/sort411/41.1.3.barrio-etal.pdf>.

Provides routines for the generation of response patterns under unidimensional dichotomous and polytomous computerized adaptive testing (CAT) framework. It holds many standard functions to estimate ability, select the first item(s) to administer and optimally select the next item, as well as several stopping rules. Options to control for item exposure and content balancing are also available (Magis and Barrada (2017) <doi:10.18637/jss.v076.c01>).

Computes solutions for linear and logistic regression models with potentially high-dimensional categorical predictors. This is done by applying a nonconvex penalty (SCOPE) and computing solutions in an efficient path-wise fashion. The scaling of the solution paths is selected automatically. Includes functionality for selecting tuning parameter lambda by k-fold cross-validation and early termination based on information criteria. Solutions are computed by cyclical block-coordinate descent, iterating an innovative dynamic programming algorithm to compute exact solutions for each block.

Several functions for working with mixed effects regression models for limited dependent variables. The functions facilitate post-estimation of model predictions or margins, and comparisons between model predictions for assessing or probing moderation. Additional helper functions facilitate model comparisons and implements simulation-based inference for model predictions of alternative-specific outcome models. See also, Melamed and Doan (2024, ISBN: 978-1032509518).