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In sjpierce/SSACHR: Serial Sexual Assault Study Criminal History Records Paper Research Compendium

SSACHR 1.0.1, 2022-01-15

• Updated README.Rmd and README.md:
  • Added DOI badge.
  • Added section on citing the package.
• Obtained DOIs from Zenodo.
  • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5854873 always points to the latest version.
  • DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5854874 specifically points to v1.0.0

SSACHR 1.0.0, 2022-01-14 to 2022-01-15

• The manuscript has been accepted for publication. Began preparing to publish the package & GitHub repository.
• Updated DESCRIPTION:
  • Minor change to Description field.
  • Fixed License field by standardizing entry, renaming LICENSE.txt file to LICENSE, and adding LICENSE.note file.
• License now reflects GPL (>= 3) for source code and CC BY-SA-4.0 for all other content.
• Added LICENSE.md file containing GPL-3 license terms.
• Added LICENSE containing CC BY-SA-4.0 license terms
• Updated .Rbuildignore to:
  • Omit LICENSE, LICENSE.md, and LICENSE.note files.
  • Omit PDF & graphics files in inst/Drafts
• Update .gitignore to
  • Omit selected PDF files in inst.
  • Omit PDF & graphics files in inst/Drafts.
• Updated README.Rmd and README.md to prepare for public release.
• Removed inst/Step_03_Case_Studies.Rmd because we ultimately decided not to include case studies in this paper.
• Updated RData_Mgt_Functions.R to remove functions we no longer need because the paper does not include any case studies. Those draft functions were never fully tested anyway.
  • getARRS()
  • getCHGs()
  • getIIDs()
  • getINC()
  • getJUDs()
• Removed help documentation for deleted functions:
  • getARRS()
  • getCHGs()
  • getIIDs()
  • getINC()
  • getJUDs()
• Updated man/SSACHR-pakage.Rd description field to match DESCRIPTION.
• Updated NAMESPACE.
• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to:
  • Added a LogFile parameter with the default output filename.
  • Use LogFile parameter to set the left footer.
  • Improve explanatory text.
  • Update Software Information section.
• Updated inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd to:
  • Added a LogFile parameter with the default output filename.
  • Use LogFile parameter to set the left footer.
  • Improve explanatory text.
  • Update Software Information section.
• Updated inst/R_Citations.Rmd to:
  • Added a LogFile parameter with the default output filename.
  • Use LogFile parameter to set the left footer.
  • Update Software Information section.
  • Fix a header.
  • Remove rstudioapi::versionInfo() call from show_citations chunk. It does not work when script is knitted via xfun::Rscript_call().

SSACHR 0.21.0, 2022-01-07

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to:
  • Stop renaming variable HXCat12_Any to NINC12.
  • Update the IDNEWL, IDNEWA, IDNEWB, IDNEWD, and INCEWA data to include results based on the HXCat12_Any variable.
• Update inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd to:
  • Fix some table footnote formatting.
  • Stop exporting Figure 2. It will be omitted from the manuscript based on peer review feedback, but will remain in the reproducibility materials.
  • Update variable names and object names to refer to HXCat12_Any instead of NINC12 when the relevant data frame is IDNEWL, IDNEWA, IDNEWB, IDNEWD, or INCEWA.
  • Update tables and figures to include summaries of Any Crimes category.
• Updated README.md by knitting README.Rmd.
• Added final output files produced from running code after installing version 1.0.0 on my computer. These correspond to output we used in the manuscript and are being bundled into the version 1.0.0 release.
  • inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt_Published.pdf
  • inst/Step_02_Analysis_Published.pdf
  • inst/R_Citations_Published.pdf

SSACHR 0.20.2, 2021-10-30

• Update inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd to:
  • Improved a figure for use in manuscript.

SSACHR 0.20.1, 2021-10-29

• Update inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd to:
  • Improved a figure for use in manuscript.

SSACHR 0.20.0, 2021-10-28

• Update inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd to:
  • Add notes on why we are retaining GEE model results even though they no longer appear in the manuscript.
  • Stop exporting a figure that we will no longer include in the manuscript.
  • Fix a problem caused by ggplot2::layer() masking latticeExtra::layer().
  • Added a new figure for the manuscript and export it instead of prior figure.
  • Improve code legibility.

SSACHR 0.19.3, 2021-08-30

• Update inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd to:
  • Rename some chunks and improve in-text cross-referencing.
  • Export figures to an additional file format.
  • Add or improve explanatory text in several places.
  • Reorganize the After Period Summary section.
  • Update the reference format for the funding support/project information.
• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to:
  • Update the reference format for the funding support/project information.
• Updated inst/R_Citations.Rmd to:
  • Update the reference format for the funding support/project information.
• Updated README.Rmd and README.md to:
  • Update the reference format for the funding support/project information.
• Updated .gitignore and .Rbuildignore to ignore PNG files.

SSACHR 0.19.2, 2021-08-29

• Update inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd to:
  • Change number of decimals shown for percentages in selected tables.

SSACHR 0.19.1, 2021-08-20 to 2021-08-23

• Update inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd to:
  • Add a new table and explanatory text in the Years to Incident Date section.
  • Improve table formatting in the Years to Incident Date section.
  • Improve code comments in the Years to Incident Date section.

SSACHR 0.19.0, 2021-08-17

• Updated README.Rmd and README.md to:
  • Update the task list.
  • Add citation for the manuscript to the reference list.
  • Format grant citation to meet APA 7th edition style requirements.
• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to create and save IDNEWB and IDNEWD tibbles.
• Update inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd to:
  • Display sample sizes by period at start of Offender-Level Summaries section.
  • Format some sample sizes reported in the text.
  • Added a new graph and explanatory text to the After Period Summary.
  • Improved a table footnote.
  • Added the Before Period Summary section.
  • Added the During Period Summary section.
  • Stop exporting figures related to broader crime categories.

SSACHR 0.18.1, 2021-08-15

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to load another package.
• Update inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd to:
  • Remove transparency from figures to be exported (per journal requirements) by eliminating alpha parameters.
  • Adjust size of boxplots in raincloud plots.
  • Export only EPS files for figures.
  • Fix a couple inaccurate code comments.
  • Moved figure export code and added \FloatBarrier commands.
  • Export additional figures.
  • Renamed some objects for clarity.
  • Simplify path name for loading data.
  • Added some blank lines to improve readability.
  • Load an additional package.
• Updated inst/R_Citations.Rmd to cite more packages.

SSACHR 0.18.0, 2021-08-12

• Update .gitignore to ignore EPS and TIFF files in inst.
• Update .Rbuildignore to ignore EPS, PDF, and TIFF files in inst.
• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to create and save out the INCEWA tibble.
• Update inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd to:
  • Add a figure for IYearsAfterTW by crime category.
  • Change figure sizes to match journal requirements.
  • Export selected figures to EPS and TIFF files.
  • Improve some figure captions.
  • Fix inaccurate code comments.
  • Add new table summarizing years to incident date by crime category.
  • Add figure for IYearsAfterTW by crime category and improve similar one by broader crime category.

SSACHR 0.17.2, 2021-08-06

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to add IYearsAfterTW variable to INCEW.
• Update inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd to add a figure for IYearsAfterTW by broader crime category.

SSACHR 0.17.1, 2021-08-02

• Update inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd to:
  • Improve table formatting in After Period Summary section.

SSACHR 0.17.0, 2021-07-31 to 2021-08-02

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to:
  • Add new variables to IDNEWA tibble.
  • Add variable labels to the IDNEWA tibble.
  • Sort the IDNEWA tibble.
• Update inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd to:
  • Add incident count summaries for broader crime categories.
  • Add plots of incident count variable distributions during the after period.
• Deleted inst/Temp_Code.R because the draft code has been edited and inserted in other files now.

SSACHR 0.16.1, 2021-07-30

• Update inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd to improve after period summary table.

SSACHR 0.16.0, 2021-07-26

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to:
  • Add variables related to four broader crime categories (sexual, violent, property, and other), along with explantory text about them.
  • Fix a table that listed variable names (it needed to include those new variables).

SSACHR 0.15.1, 2021-07-20

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to:
  • Improve IDNEWL and IDNEWA tibbles.
  • Improve explanatory text.
• Update inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd to:
  • Change a section heading.
  • Add After Period Summary section with a new table.
• Updated inst/Temp_Code.R by removing obsolete code.
• Updated inst/R_Citations.Rmd to declare script location and put citation() calls in alphabetical order.
• Updated inst/README.Rmd to
  • Split install code for devtools and SSACHR into separate chunks.
  • Improve repository structure documentation.

SSACHR 0.15.0, 2021-07-19

• Moved data management code from inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd to inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd.
• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to create and save additional tibbles based on person-period data sets.

SSACHR 0.14.1, 2021-07-16

• Added inst/Temp_Code.R to test out draft code we may use to revise analysis based on peer review feedback.

SSACHR 0.14.0, 2021-06-08

• Updated inst/R_Citations.Rmd to load and cite more packages.
• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to:
  • Use new git_report() and which_latex() functions to report software information.
• Updated inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd to:
  • Add a section on CSC incident overlap with earliest known SAKs.
  • Use new git_report() and which_latex() functions to report software information.
  • Rename some chunks and fix table references.
• Add R/Utility_Functions.R to:
  • Add new git_report() function.
  • Add new which_latex() function.
• Add new help documentation:
  • man/git_report.Rd
  • man/which_latex.Rd
• Updated DESCRIPTION and NAMESPACE to import additional functions from other packages and export git_report() and which_latex().

SSACHR 0.13.0, 2021-05-23

• Updated inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd to:
  • Fixed the Valid % column for overall incident counts in all frequency tables.
  • Improved code alignment for readability.

SSACHR 0.12.1, 2021-05-23

• Updated README.Rmd and README.md to:
  • Update badges.
  • Fix library() call in example.
  • Update software information section.

SSACHR 0.12.0, 2021-05-07

• Updated inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd to:
  • Add GEE model, estimated marginal means, and contrasts for overall incident counts.

SSACHR 0.11.2, 2021-04-22

• Updated inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd to:
  • Round tables of GEE marginal means & contrasts to 2 digits instead of 3.
• Updated inst/R_Citations.Rmd to cite more packages.

SSACHR 0.11.1, 2021-04-22

• Updated inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd to:
  • Improve frequency tables by adding valid percent columns.
  • Fixed p-value footnotes on GEE model tables.

SSACHR 0.11.0, 2021-04-15

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to:
  • Selectively recode period-specific record count variables with values of zero to missing data when the observed duration of the period in question was zero years.
• Updated inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd to:
  • Improved table of contents, explanatory text, and some formatting.
  • Improved draft code for running GEE models and preparing tables of model parameters, marginal means, and contrasts, then added similar code for crime category specific sections.

SSACHR 0.10.0, 2021-04-13

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to:
  • Rename some variables.
  • Added a scenario variable to IDNEW and a table and a table summarizing its frequency distribution.
  • Selectively recode variables containing incident counts by period with values of zero to missing data when the observed duration of the period in question was zero years.
• Updated inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd.
  • Committed some changes actually made on 2021-04-12.
  • Worked on putting geeglm() model fit results, marginal means, and contrasts into nice tables.
  • Update variable names to match changes in inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd.

SSACHR 0.10.0, 2021-04-12

• Updated inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd.
  • Split first draft code chunk for GEE modeling into multiple chunks for better organization.
  • Pushed some commits made on 2021-04-08.
  • Fixed figure captions to enable figure referencing in the explanatory text.
  • Experimented with code for converting geeglm() model fit results into nice tables.

SSACHR 0.09.11, 2021-04-08

• Updated inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd.
  • Update box plot for age to show both age at earliest SAK and age at CHR collection.
  • Improved figure for plotting Age16Date.
  • Added a new figure for plotting WDate.
  • Fixed some table output from html to latex format for improved appearance.
  • Improved table of period durations.
  • Simplified constructing lists of variable names in selected tables.
  • Improved figure and table captions and footnotes.
  • Improved explanatory text.

SSACHR 0.9.11, 2021-03-31

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to improve Figure 1.

SSACHR 0.9.10, 2021-03-28

• Updated inst/extdata/TWindow_Scenarios.csv data file to improve figure of scenarios illustrating alignment of before, during, and after testing window periods with observed CHR period.
• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to:
  • Improve figure showing alignment of before, during, and after testing window periods with observed CHR period.
  • Improve explanatory text.
  • Move and disable some code used to seelct a color palette for a figure.

SSACHR 0.9.9, 2021-03-27

• Added inst/extdata/TWindow_Scenarios.csv data file required for plotting scenarios illustrating alignment of before, during, and after testing window periods with observed CHR period.
• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to add a table and a figure showing alignment of before, during, and after testing window periods with observed CHR period.

SSACHR 0.9.8, 2021-03-26

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to refine variables used to compute observed period durations. This is still work in progress.
• Updated .gitignore and .Rbuildignore to omit *.log files created by knitting to PDF.

SSACHR 0.9.7, 2021-03-20

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to refine variables used to compute observed period durations. This is still work in progress.
• Updated inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd to add a new section to show data on observed period durations. This is still work in progress.

SSACHR 0.9.6, 2021-03-20

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to:
  • Remove first and last incident date variables from IDNEW.
  • Add more date, date interval, and period duration variables to IDNEW so we can eventually adjust count data models with offsets based on duration of the periods before, during, and after the testing window.

SSACHR 0.9.5, 2021-03-16

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to start adding first and last incident date variables to IDNEW.

SSACHR 0.9.4, 2021-03-10

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to improve a table caption.
• Updated inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd.
  • Improved table captions and footnotes.
  • Improved explanatory text.
• Updated README.Rmd and README.md task list.

SSACHR 0.9.3, 2021-03-09 & 2021-03-10

• Updated inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd to continue adapting to focus on records for incidents where offender was arrested, charged, or convicted of any of the 12 main crime categories.
  • Removed computations for variables we are not going to use in the paper.
  • Improved table footnotes.
  • Switched source data for one table from JUDEW to CONEW to simplify code.
  • Improved explanatory text.
  • Removed unnecessary subheading.

SSACHR 0.9.2, 2021-03-08

• Updated inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd to continue adapting to focus on records for incidents where offender was arrested, charged, or convicted of any of the 12 main crime categories.
  • Removed subheadings made obsolete by removing other content.
  • Improved figure captions and a table footnote.
  • Improved explanatory text and removed references to tables that were removed.
  • Simplified tables by removing variables inconsistent with the narrower focus we have now adopted.

SSACHR 0.9.1, 2021-03-02

• Updated inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd to continue adapting to focus on records for incidents where offender was arrested, charged, or convicted of any of the 12 main crime categories.
  • Removed separate outputs for "arrested", "charged"", and "convicted" criteria.
  • Revised headings because we don't need as many subheadings.
  • Revised table and figure footnotes.

SSACHR 0.9.0, 2021-02-28

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to:
  • Added and improved variable labels for several tibbles.
  • Improved explanatory text.
  • Improved Git status info code.
• Updated inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd to:
  • Improved Git status info code.
  • Improved some explanatory text and table captions in CHR Record Counts section after adapting to focus on records for incidents where offender was arrested, charged, or convicted of any of the 12 main crime categories.

SSACHR 0.8.1, 2021-02-25

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to:
  • Fix some variable names in code.
  • Added and improved explanatory text.
  • Adapted to focus on creating tibbles and variables to implement focus on incidents where offender was arrested for, charged with, or convicted of one or more of the main 12 crime categories.
  • Updated table and figure captions.

SSACHR 0.8.0, 2021-02-19

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to:
  • Declare script location via here::i_am().
  • Fix file paths for SPSS data files work with updated here package.
  • Add new variables for flagging ARR, CHG, JUD, & CON records associated with any of the 12 crime categories of interest.
  • Improve explanatory text.
  • Fix object names referenced in some comments.
  • Change some case selection criteria to focus on incidents where the offender was arrested for, charged with, or convicted of one of 12 crime crime categories of interest.
• Updated inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd to:
  • Declare script location via here::i_am().
• Updated README.Rmd and README.md task list.

SSACHR 0.7.2, 2020-09-15

• Updated R/Data_Mgt_Functions.R to:
  • Rename data arguments used by getIIDs(), getINC(), getARRs(), getCHGs(), and getJUDs().
  • Add assertions to check inputs to getIIDs(), getINC(), getARRs(), getCHGs(), and getJUDs().
  • Update help files for getIIDs(), getINC(), getARRs(), getCHGs(), and getJUDs().

SSACHR 0.7.1, 2020-09-14

• Updated R/Data_Mgt_Functions.R to:
  • Update getIIDs() function to solve check() warnings.
  • Update getINC() function to solve check() warnings.
  • Update getARRs() function to solve check() warnings
  • Add getCHGs() function.
  • Add getJUDs() function.
• Updated help files for several functions.
• Updated inst/Step_03_Case_Studies.Rmd to test new functions.

SSACHR 0.7.0, 2020-09-11

• Updated R/Data_Mgt_Functions.R to:
  • Add getIIDs() function.
  • Add getINC() function.
  • Add getARRs() function.
• Added inst/Step_03_Case_Studies.Rmd as initial draft of a new file. This is not yet ready for use because we need to write and test additional functions to make it easy to extract a complete case study for a specified offender.

SSACHR 0.6.6, 2020-09-09

• Updated inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd to:
  • Finish revising Incident Counts by Crime Category section text, subheadings, and content. Add more detail tables for additional categories.

SSACHR 0.6.6, 2020-09-08

• Updated inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd to:
  • Rename some chunks and update table references to them.
  • Continue revising Incident Counts by Crime Category section text, subheadings, and content. Removed figures for criminal sexual conduct for consistency with similar sections. Add more detail tables for additional categories. This is still work in progress.

SSACHR 0.6.5, 2020-09-07

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to:
  • Remove code for objects we no longer use.

• Updated inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd to:

  • Improve explanatory text and add table references to text.
  • Expand descriptive summary tables to include "arrested, charged, or convicted" history variables.
  • Add more crime category-specific frequency tables.
  • Reorganize CHR Record Counts section.
  • Revise text in Crime Category Counts section and add headings.
  • Add chunk to create objects used for constructing dynamic text.
  • Add chunk with reusable table settings.
  • Revise Incident Counts by Crime Category section text, subheadings, and content. Removed figures from this section, so we rely only on tables now. Adding more detail tables for additional categories. This is still work in progress.

• Updated README.Rmd and README.md to:

  • Update task list.
  • Remove references to piercer package.

SSACHR 0.6.4, 2020-09-06

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to:
  • Merge new variables into IDNEW as they are created rather than waiting until later in the script.
  • Change section headings and improve explanatory text.
  • Remove obsolete section Incidents with Any CHR Criminal Sexual Conduct Records.
  • Add new "arrested, charged, or convicted" crime category count variables (both overall and by IWhen).
  • Rename chunks to reflect revised code organization.
  • Improve variable labels for NHXCat12_1 to NHXCat12_999.
  • Improve code alignment for readability.
  • Remove obsolete code.
  • Change a table title to fix formatting problems in rest of document after the table (caused by using underscore characters in title).
• Updated inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd to:
  • Make variable names match changes made in inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd.
  • Standardize some object names across crime category-specific sections.
  • Rename chunks for clarity.

SSACHR 0.6.3, 2020-09-04

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to:
  • Improve explanatory text.
  • Change chunk labels for clarity.
  • Revised aggregation of crime category dummy variables to offender-level incident count variables and how we merge them onto IDNEW.
  • Added crime category history variables to INCEW.
  • Add a table comparing HXCat12_5 to CSC_ANY.
  • Aggregate crime category history variables to incident counts and merge them onto IDNEW.

SSACHR 0.6.2, 2020-09-03

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to:
  • Commit some changes actually made on 09/01/20.
  • Add a Glossary section.
  • Add a table showing crime category dummy variable names.
  • Merge crime category dummy variables onto INCEW.
  • Update some headings.

SSACHR 0.6.2, 2020-09-01

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to:
  • Add explanatory text.
  • Simplify some comments in code chunks.

SSACHR 0.6.1, 2020-08-31

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to:
  • Rename tibbles and relabel chunks to improve clarity.
  • Split the Aggregating Crime Category Dummy Variables section into multiple sections (one to incident level, another to offender level).
  • Split some chunks into multiple pieces to store tibbles aggregated to the incident level for additional uses and move the remaining parts under the new section on aggregating to offender level.
  • Remove RobustMax() function definition and replace it with calls to the new robustmax() function.
  • Improve some comments.
• Updated inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd to add draft code for expanding arson analysis to match level of detail used for criminal sexual conduct.

SSACHR 0.6.0, 2020-08-31

• Updated inst/R/Data_Mgt_Functions.R to add a new robustmax() function.
• Updated NAMESPACE via document().
• Updated man/robustmax.Rd help documentation via document().

SSACHR 0.5.5, 2020-08-16

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to:
  • Create and merge NCSC_ANY and NCSCHistory variables (overall and split by IWhen) onto IDNEW.
  • Expand the Check Assumptions section.
• Updated inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd to:
  • Add more variables to CSC tables.
  • Add more frequency table output for NCSCHistory (overall and split by IWhen).
  • Improve the densityplot_CSCCOUNTS chunk and resulting plot.
  • Move sme chunks and text.

SSACHR 0.5.4, 2020-08-14--2020-08-15

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to:
  • Added more crime category count variables with corresponding variable labels.
  • Removed calls to citation(), because they are now collected in a different script.
  • Replaced missing values in more crime category count variables with zeros.
  • Improved Software Information section.
• Updated inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd to:
  • Removed calls to citation(), because they are now collected in a different script.
  • Replaced descriptives and frequencies tables for overall variables with expanded tables that also show breakdowns by when incident occurred.
  • Added better table captions and footnotes.
  • Improved figure for offender age.
  • Improved plots in CHR Record Counts section.
  • Changed criteria for identifying offenders with CSC history in CHR data.
  • Improved plot in Criminal Sexual Conduct section.
  • Improved age at arrest for CSC table.
  • Improved Software Information section.
  • Added chunk labels.
• Added inst/R_Citations.Rmd to collect all R and R package citations in one place.
• Updated README.Rmd and README.md task list.

SSACHR 0.5.3, 2020-08-13

• Updated inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd to:
  • Create incident count variables for specific crime categories that are broken down by when incident occurred relative to testing window and merge them into IDNEW.
  • Change some tibble names and code chunk labels.
• Updated README.Rmd and README.md task list.

SSACHR 0.5.2, 2020-08-12

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to:
  • Fix variable labels assigned to aggregated variables.
  • Improve heading structure.
  • Improve formatting consistency.
• Updated inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd to:
  • Expand CHR record counts table to include breakdowns by when incidents occurred relative to testing window (IWhen).
  • Test a tidyverse method for getting side-by-side frequency tables for related variables (e.g., NINC, NINC_Before, NINC_During, & NINC_After).

SSACHR 0.5.1, 2020-08-11

• Updated .Rbuildignore to fix errors and warnings from check() and install_github().
• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to:
  • Merge additional aggregated variables onto IDNEW, replace NA values with zeroes, and add variable labels.
  • Improve explanatory text.
  • Fix sme object references to tibbles.

SSACHR 0.5.0, 2020-08-11

• Added inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd by copying inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd then removing the data management code at the start.
• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_mgt.Rmd to:
  • Remove analysis code that got moved to inst/Step_02_Analysis.Rmd.
  • Add code to save out data at end of script.
  • Fix spelling errors.
  • Rmeove the Document Information section.
  • Update the Software Information section.
  • Remove chunks no longer required and rename other chunks.
  • Improve some table formatting.
  • Create additional aggregated variables.

SSACHR 0.4.4, 2020-08-10

• Committed changes to DESCRIPTION and NEWS.md that were made on 2020-08-06 as par of version 0.4.3.
• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to:
  • Fix a heading's level.
  • Add a new section: Merging Testing Window Variables Onto Conviction Records.
  • Update the CHR Count Overview section to show record counts before vs. after case selection based on testing window data.
  • Fix errors in Crime Category Count section caused by referring to original tibbles instead of the new ones that have extra variables.

SSACHR 0.4.3, 2020-08-06

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to:
  • Improve Software Information section, including how we get package version output and add Git commit and status information.

SSACHR 0.4.2, 2020-08-05

• Updated README.Rmd and README.md:
  • Updated installation code to pull from the GitHub main branch (because install_github() defaults to looking for branch called master, but we renamed it to main).
  • Added information about folder structure.
  • Updated the task list.
• Added the file inst/extdata/Read_This_Note.txt to ensure that the inst/extdata subfolder will exist in any repospitory ZIP files downloaded from GitHub.

SSACHR 0.4.1, 2020-08-04

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to:
  • Switch more code to tidyverse style.
  • Replace scoped verbs like summarize_at() with newer approach based on across(), such as summarize(across()).
  • Simplify method for merging extrta variables onto IDNEW.
  • Fix a data selection problem that led to failing a cross-check on incident count variables.
  • Rename some code chunks.
• Updated README.Rmd and README.md task list.

SSACHR 0.4.0, 2020-07-23

• Renamed default Git branch from master to main using instructions at https://stevenmortimer.com/5-steps-to-change-github-default-branch-from-master-to-main/

SSACHR 0.3.14, 2020-07-20

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to:
  • Switched source used to merge testing window variables onto INC data.
  • Add an extra variable to IDNEW.
  • Added more output tables and improved table captions.
  • Fix typos in explanatory text.
  • Add sections for merging testing window variables onto CHG and JUD data.
  • Move and improve code for merging NCON variable onto IDN data.

SSACHR 0.3.13, 2020-07-10

• Updated README.Rmd and README.md heading structure and task list.
• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to:
  • Update heading structure.
  • Change order of loading and citing R packages.
  • Make code chunks & R text output use smaller font size by adding a custom chunk hook/option called cfsize.
  • Improve formatting consistency for variable and tibble names in explanatory text.
  • Add and improve explanatory text.
  • Merge testing window variables onto ARR data.
  • Improve comments in some code chunks.

SSACHR 0.3.12, 2020-06-23

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to:
  • Change headings to improve organization and clarity.
  • Rename chunks and selected variables.
  • Simplify code and improve comments.
  • Merge testing window variables onto INC and ARR data.

SSACHR 0.3.11, 2020-06-16

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to:
  • Improve explantory text and comments in code chunks.
  • Add new tables.
  • Add new IWhen variable.
  • Improve and rename objects for table captions and footnotes.

SSACHR 0.3.10, 2020-06-05

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to:
  • Improve code for computing WDate and related variables.
  • Document case selection criteria for offenders with known WDate.
  • Add a clean, formatted table.
  • Start the section for merging WDate onto INC data.
  • Add and improve explanatory text.
• inst/Step_01_Data_mgt.Rmd is still in draft status, with much left to do.
• Updated task list in README.Rmd.

SSACHR 0.3.9, 2020-06-02

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to improve some explanatory text, create and examine WDate variable.

SSACHR 0.3.8, 2020-05-31

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to improve some explanatory text.

SSACHR 0.3.7, 2020-05-26

• Committed some changes actually made on 2020-05-22.
• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to improve some explanatory text.

SSACHR 0.3.6, 2020-05-22

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to improve SPD import and work on identifying earliest SAK for each offender.

SSACHR 0.3.5, 2020-05-12

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd to improve SPD import and create SPDE dataset.

SSACHR 0.3.4, 2020-05-12

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd as follows.
  • Fixed computation of NCON variable.
  • Updated heading structure and moved some code to different sections.
  • Removed import code for data files we will not need.
  • Deleted code for creating variables we will not be using.
  • Added code

SSACHR 0.3.3, 2020-05-10

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd as follows.
  • Updated more code to use tidyverse-style piped operations (still have more to do).

SSACHR 0.3.2, 2020-05-08

• Updated task list in README.Rmd and README.md.
• Updated dfsummary() function in R/Data_Mgt_Functions.R to eliminate warning message when used with a data frame that does not contain an IID variable.
• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd as follows.
  • Added a chunk label.
  • Fixed some data import code.
  • Updated some code to use tidyverse-style piped operations (still have more to do).

SSACHR 0.3.1, 2020-05-07

• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd as follows.
  • Remove chunk for installing piercer package and associated text.
  • Use here:here() to access files.
  • Switch to use tidyverse style for data import code.
  • Make code more readable.

SSACHR 0.3.0, 2020-05-05

• Updated README.Rmd and README.md extensively.
• Update .gitignore to ignore SPSS data files in inst/extdata subfolder.
• Added dcode() and rvlabel() to R/Data_Mgt_Functions.R.
• Updated help files for dcode() and rvlabel().
• Updated inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd by copying in code from previous script CHR_Summary_Step01_2017-01.19.Rmd, which predated the switch to a package format. Much more work remains to finish that script (and it may get renamed later).

SSACHR 0.2.1, 2020-04-30

• Updated DESCRIPTION file by appending "Research Comependium" to package title.

SSACHR 0.2.0, 2020-04-30

• Added R/Lattice_Functions.R with panel.mybox() and panel.mydensity() functions and corresponding help.
• Added R/Data_Mgt_Functions.R with dfsummary() functions and corresponding help.

SSACHR 0.1.0, 2020-04-23

• Added inst/Step_01_Data_Mgt.Rmd script. It is an early draft and will be revised further.

SSACHR 0.0.0.9001, 2020-04-20

• Created the GitHub repository to store this package.
• Added .gitignore file.
• Added .Rbuildignore file.
• Added DESCRIPTION file.
• Added NAMESPACE file.
• Added NEWS.md file.
• Added README.Rmd file and updated README.md file.
• Updated SSACHR.proj file.
• Added inst subfolder.
• Added inst/Development_Tools.R file.
• Added man subfolder.
• Added man/SSACHR-package.Rd file.
• Added R subfolder.
• Added R/SSACHR-package.R file for package-level documentation.

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