dscore: D-Score for Child Development (original) (raw)
The D-score summarizes a child's performance on developmental milestones into a single number. Its key feature is its generic nature. The method does not depend on a specific measurement instrument. The statistical method underlying the D-score is described in van Buuren et al. (2025) <doi:10.1177/01650254241294033>. This package implements model keys to convert milestone scores to D-scores; maps instrument-specific item names to a generic 9-position naming convention; computes D-scores and their precision from a child's milestone scores; and converts D-scores to Development-for-Age Z-scores (DAZ) using age-conditional reference standards.
| Version: | 2.0.0 |
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| Depends: | R (≥ 4.1.0) |
| Imports: | dplyr (≥ 1.0.0), Rcpp, stats, stringi, tidyr (≥ 1.0.0) |
| LinkingTo: | Rcpp, RcppArmadillo |
| Suggests: | ggplot2, kableExtra, knitr, lme4, Matrix, patchwork, rmarkdown, testthat |
| Published: | 2025-10-03 |
| DOI: | 10.32614/CRAN.package.dscore |
| Author: | Stef van Buuren [cre, aut], Iris Eekhout [aut], Arjan Huizing [aut], Jonathan Seiden [aut] |
| Maintainer: | Stef van Buuren <stef.vanbuuren at tno.nl> |
| BugReports: | https://github.com/d-score/dscore/issues |
| License: | Apache License (≥ 2) |
| URL: | https://github.com/d-score/dscore, https://d-score.org/dscore/,https://d-score.org/dbook1/ |
| NeedsCompilation: | yes |
| Citation: | dscore citation info |
| Materials: | README, NEWS |
| CRAN checks: | dscore results |
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