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In ptvalue: Working with Precision Teaching Values

ptvalue

The goal of ptvalue is to provide a S3 class for printing and for small manipulation of Precision Teaching (PT) values (for instance, values of celeration, bounce) inside a vector or a dataframe. These values, are usually written on a Standard Celeration Chart (Calkin, 2005), can be used for further calculation and to print a nice table for report or paper.

Installation

You can install ptvalue with the following code

install.packages("ptvalue")

or you can install the development version as follow:

remotes::install_github("agkamel/ptvalue")

Create a vector of PT values

You can create PT values with ptvalue():

library(ptvalue)
ptvalue(c(0.5, 1.4, 2))
#> <ptvalue[3]>
#> [1] ÷2   ×1.4 ×2

For all original values that are greater or equal than $1$, a prefixed $\times$ symbol is added. For all original values that are greater or equal than $0$ and smaller than $1$, these value are converted to a value greater than $1$ and a prefixed $\div$ symbol is added:

ptvalue(c(5, 2, 1.25))
#> <ptvalue[3]>
#> [1] ×5   ×2   ×1.2
ptvalue(c(0.2, 0.5, 0.8))
#> <ptvalue[3]>
#> [1] ÷5   ÷2   ÷1.2

Negative values always raises an error.

ptvalue(-1) # Raise an error

PT values created with ptvalue() can be stored in objects:

x <- ptvalue(c(0.5, 1.4, 2))
x
#> <ptvalue[3]>
#> [1] ÷2   ×1.4 ×2

…and be inserted in dataframe as well:

pt_df <- tibble::tibble(
  phase = 1:3,
  celeration = x)
pt_df
#> # A tibble: 3 × 2
#>   phase celeration
#>   <int>    <ptval>
#> 1     1       ÷2  
#> 2     2       ×1.4
#> 3     3       ×2

The type of a ptvalue vector is double. The original values are always conserved under the hood, it is only the printing that is different. These can always be converted back:

unclass(x)
#> [1] 0.5 1.4 2.0
as.double(x)
#> [1] 0.5 1.4 2.0

Arithmetics and comparisons

Because original values are always conserved, this allows us to multiply PT values:

# Multiplication is commutative
ptvalue(x) * ptvalue(2)
#> Warning: Operations between vectors of class ptvalue are in active development and are
#> not reliable yet. Use with care.
#> This warning is displayed once per session.
#> <ptvalue[3]>
#> [1] ×1   ×2.8 ×4
ptvalue(2) * ptvalue(x)
#> <ptvalue[3]>
#> [1] ×1   ×2.8 ×4

… and divide PT values:

# Division is not commutative
ptvalue(x) / ptvalue(2)
#> <ptvalue[3]>
#> [1] ÷4   ÷1.4 ×1
ptvalue(2) / ptvalue(x)
#> <ptvalue[3]>
#> [1] ×4   ×1.4 ×1

PT values can be used with comparison operators as well:

x < ptvalue(1.8)
#> [1]  TRUE  TRUE FALSE
x == ptvalue(1.4)
#> [1] FALSE  TRUE FALSE

Invert sign

You can invert signs of PT values with invert_sign():

x
#> <ptvalue[3]>
#> [1] ÷2   ×1.4 ×2
invert_sign(x)
#> <ptvalue[3]>
#> [1] ×2   ÷1.4 ÷2

Report PT values

Because PT values can be stored in dataframes, it helps us to generate beautiful tables for journal articles or reports.

pt_df |> 
  knitr::kable(col.names = c("Phase", "Celeration"))

| Phase | Celeration | |------:|-----------:| | 1 | ÷2 | | 2 | ×1.4 | | 3 | ×2 |

ptvalue documentation built on Aug. 30, 2025, 1:08 a.m.