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  <dc:title>Reference Interval Estimation using Real-World Data</dc:title>
  <dc:title>R package refineR version 2.0.0</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Indirect method for the estimation of reference intervals (RIs)
    using Real-World Data ('RWD') and methods for comparing and verifying RIs.
    Estimates RIs by applying advanced statistical methods to routine
    diagnostic test measurements, which include both pathological and
    non-pathological samples, to model the distribution of non-pathological
    samples. This distribution is then used to derive reference intervals
    and support RI verification, i.e., deciding if a specific RI is suitable
    for the local population. The package also provides functions for
    printing and plotting algorithm results. See ?refineR for a detailed
    description of features. Version 1.0 of the algorithm is described in
    'Ammer et al. (2021)' &lt;doi:10.1038/s41598-021-95301-2&gt;. Additional
    guidance is in 'Ammer et al. (2023)' &lt;doi:10.1093/jalm/jfac101&gt;. The
    verification method is described in 'Beck et al. (2025)'
    &lt;doi:10.1515/cclm-2025-0728&gt;.</dc:description>
  <dc:type>Software</dc:type>
  <dc:relation>Depends: R (&gt;= 3.2.0)</dc:relation>
  <dc:relation>Imports: stats, ash, future, future.apply, parallel, graphics,
grDevices</dc:relation>
  <dc:relation>Suggests: knitr, rmarkdown</dc:relation>
  <dc:creator>Matthias Beck &lt;matthias.beck.mb1@roche.com&gt;</dc:creator>
  <dc:publisher>Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN)</dc:publisher>
  <dc:contributor>Matthias Beck [aut, cre] (ORCID:
    &lt;https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7678-4581&gt;),
  Tatjana Ammer [aut] (ORCID: &lt;https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2809-0266&gt;),
  Christopher M Rank [aut],
  Andre Schuetzenmeister [aut] (ORCID:
    &lt;https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2964-5502&gt;)</dc:contributor>
  <dc:rights>GPL (&gt;= 3)</dc:rights>
  <dc:date>2025-11-06</dc:date>
  <dc:format>application/tgz</dc:format>
  <dc:identifier>https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=refineR</dc:identifier>
  <dc:identifier>doi:10.32614/CRAN.package.refineR</dc:identifier>
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