Version: 1.12
Category: FIXED * fixed a problem in 'BIFIE.data.select' with side
        effects
Text: on 'BIFIE.mva' if there is only one missing case of a variable

Version: 1.12
Category: ADDED * added option for fixed entries in random effects
Text: covariance matrix in 'BIFIE.twolevelreg', see Example 1, Models
        2d und 2e for specification (suggested by Andrea Cantieni)

Version: 1.12
Category: DATA *
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Version: 1.12
Category: EXAMP * BIFIE.twolevelreg (1.2d, 1.2e
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Version: 1.11
Category: NOTE * added an example of B-spline regression and
        nonparametric
Text: regression in 'BIFIE.linreg' (Example 2) (question raised by Lena
        Keller)

Version: 1.11
Category: NOTE * included more details about calculation method of
        quantiles
Text: in 'BIFIE.ecdf'

Version: 1.11
Category: DATA *
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Version: 1.11
Category: EXAMP * BIFIE.linreg (2
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Version: 1.9.4
Category: NOTE * added S3 method 'print' for 'BIFIEdata' objects
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Version: 1.9.4
Category: FIXED * fixed a bug in 'BIFIE.twolevelreg' in handling cases
Text: with zero sample weights (thanks to Nicole Haag)

Version: 1.9.4
Category: FIXED * fixed a bug in 'BIFIE.univar.test' for nested
        multiply
Text: imputed datasets. This update also needs miceadds package version
        >= 1.8 (thanks to Nicole Haag and Anja Schiepe-Tiska)

Version: 1.9.4
Category: NOTE * added note to descriptive functions in the miceadds
Text: package (which can now handle objects of class BIFIEdata) in the
        help site of 'BIFIE.univar'

Version: 1.9.4
Category: FIXED * The function 'BIFIE.twolevelreg' needs ordered
        cluster
Text: identifiers which is now checked in advance of model fitting. If
        this condition is not fulfilled, then the estimation will not
        run (thanks to Mihaela Stiglic).

Version: 1.9.4
Category: NOTE * included a simplified example for including cluster
Text: means in BIFIEdata object

Version: 1.9.4
Category: DATA *
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Version: 1.9.4
Category: EXAMP * BIFIE.data.transform (1.7
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Version: 1.8
Category: FIXED * fixed a bug in calculation of D2 statistic
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Version: 1.8
Category: FIXED * corrected a wrong output of 'VarMI' for several
Text: models for nested multiply imputed datasets

Version: 1.8
Category: NOTE * cleaned namespace file and defined imported functions
Text: in a more explicit way

Version: 1.8
Category: DATA *
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Version: 1.8
Category: EXAMP *
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Version: 1.7
Category: NOTE * corrected output of 'BIFIE.univar.test' in case of
Text: no replicate weights

Version: 1.7
Category: DATA *
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Version: 1.7
Category: EXAMP *
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Version: 1.6
Category: FIXED * fixed a bug in 'BIFIE.univar.test' with multiple
        grouping
Text: variables (thanks to Thilo Siegle)

Version: 1.6
Category: FIXED * fixed a recently included bug (in BIFIEsurvey >= 1.3)
Text: in creating 'BIFIEdata' objects for PISA designs: an incorrect
        value of 'fayfac' was generated by default (thanks to Thilo
        Siegle)

Version: 1.6
Category: FIXED * fixed a bug in 'BIFIE.univar.test' for designs with
        no replication
Text: weights which caused noncalculation of the Wald test. Now, the
        Wald test is disabled (thanks to Thilo Siegle)

Version: 1.6
Category: DATA *
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Version: 1.6
Category: EXAMP * BIFIE.univar.test (2
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Version: 1.5
Category: NOTE * added citation information
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Version: 1.5
Category: DATA *
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Version: 1.5
Category: EXAMP *
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Version: 1.4
Category: FIXED * fixed a bug in 'BIFIE.pathmodel' in data
        preprocessing
Text: phase (thanks to Michael Bruneforth)

Version: 1.4
Category: NOTE * added statistical inference in 'BIFIE.univar' and
Text: created separate output for means and standard deviations
        (suggested by Hong Giang Pham)

Version: 1.4
Category: NOTE * fixed a bug in 'BIFIE.freq' with more than two
        variables
Text: when all variables have the same number of categories (thanks to
        Thilo Siegle)

Version: 1.4
Category: ADDED * added multiple grouping variables in the argument
Text: 'group' in all functions of BIFIEsurvey

Version: 1.4
Category: DATA *
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Version: 1.4
Category: EXAMP * BIFIE.freq (1
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Version: 1.3
Category: FIXED * fixed a bug in creating 'cdata=TRUE' objects in
Text: 'BIFIE.data.boot' (thanks to Hong Giang Pham)

Version: 1.3
Category: FIXED * fixed incorrect p values for D1 statistic in case of
Text: only one imputed dataset (thanks to Frank Goldhammer)

Version: 1.3
Category: NOTE * creation of sav files 'write.BIFIEdata' now does not
Text: longer depend on PSPP, but on sjmisc package using the updated
        'save.data' function from the miceadds package

Version: 1.3
Category: FIXED * allowed overwriting of variables in
        'BIFIE.data.transform
Text: (thanks to Thilo Siegle)

Version: 1.3
Category: FIXED * fixed a bug in 'BIFIE.mva' when only one variable is
        analyzed
Text: A change has also been made if no covariates were provided.

Version: 1.3
Category: NOTE * changed defaults for argument 'fayfac' in
        'BIFIE.data.jack
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Version: 1.3
Category: NOTE * large sample approximation of degrees of freedom is
        now
Text: used for statistical inference

Version: 1.3
Category: ADDED * added statistical inference for nested multiply
        imputed
Text: datasets. Use 'NMI=TRUE' for creating appropriate 'BIFIE.data'
        objects.

Version: 1.3
Category: ADDED * included inference for nested multiply imputed
        datasets
Text: for all implemented methods

Version: 1.3
Category: NOTE * included pure R implementation of user defined
        function in
Text: 'BIFIE.by'. Now, the user can choose via the 'use_Rcpp' argument
        whether Rcpp or pure R should be employed for function
        evaluation.

Version: 1.3
Category: DATA * data.timss4
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Version: 1.3
Category: EXAMP * BIFIE.data.transform (1), BIFIE.data (1), data.timss
        (2
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Version: 1.2
Category: FIXED * fixed a bug in creation of jackknife zones when
        jackknife
Text: zone identifier is provided (thanks to Hong Giang Pham)

Version: 1.2
Category: NOTE * added lavaan.survey and lme4 to Suggests, mitools is
Text: now imported

Version: 1.2
Category: ADDED * included initial version of two-level regression
Text:

Version: 1.2
Category: ADDED * included initial version of path model estimation
Text: with measurement errors in predictors

Version: 1.2
Category: FIXED * enabled summary.BIFIE.logistreg which was not yet
        working
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Version: 1.2
Category: NOTE * extended DESCRIPTION
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Version: 1.2
Category: ADDED * included option for finite sampling correction by
        allowing
Text: vector input of 'fayfac' argument in 'BIFIE.data' (see Example 3
        in 'BIFIE.data')

Version: 1.2
Category: DATA * data.bifie01
Text:

Version: 1.2
Category: EXAMP * data.timss (1,2,3), BIFIE.twolevelreg (1,2
Text: BIFIE.pathmodel (1), BIFIE.data (3)

Version: 1.1
Date: 2014-11-22
Category: FIXED * fixed a bug in frequency tabulation for constant
        variables
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Version: 1.1
Date: 2014-11-22
Category: DATA *
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Version: 1.1
Date: 2014-11-22
Category: EXAMP *
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Version: 1.0
Date: 2014-10-12
Category: NOTE * changed output for non-imputed datasets
Text:

Version: 1.0
Date: 2014-10-12
Category: FIXED * fixed a bug in data handling for linear and logistic
Text: regression

Version: 1.0
Date: 2014-10-12
Category: ADDED * included function 'BIFIE.BIFIEdata2datalist' for
        conversion
Text: from BIFIEdata objects into a list of imputed datasets

Version: 1.0
Date: 2014-10-12
Category: FIXED * fixed a bug when converting datasets containing a one
Text: into BIFIEdata objects

Version: 1.0
Date: 2014-10-12
Category: EXAMP * added example for extracting number of unique values
        using
Text: the BIFIE.by function (Example 1, Model 3)

Version: 1.0
Date: 2014-10-12
Category: EXAMP * added an example for inclusing fitted values from lm
        and
Text: a scores from principal component analysis in
        BIFIE.data.transformat

Version: 1.0
Date: 2014-10-12
Category: FIXED * fixed a bug in calculating the variance between
        imputations
Text:

Version: 1.0
Date: 2014-10-12
Category: ADDED * included function 'BIFIE.derivedParameters' for
        statistical
Text: inference of derived parameters

Version: 1.0
Date: 2014-10-12
Category: ADDED * included coef and vcov S3 methods for all descriptive
        functions
Text: and statistical models

Version: 1.0
Date: 2014-10-12
Category: NOTE * fixed a bug in extracting values of grouping variables
Text:

Version: 1.0
Date: 2014-10-12
Category: ADDED * included an Rcpp based equivalent to the table
        function in R
Text: 'bifietable'

Version: 1.0
Date: 2014-10-12
Category: DATA *
Text:

Version: 1.0
Date: 2014-10-12
Category: EXAMP * BIFIE.BIFIEdata2datalist (2), BIFIE.by (1),
Text: BIFIE.data.transform (8,9), BIFIE.derivedParameters (1), BIFIE.by
        (1)

Version: 0.3
Category: NOTE * changed handling of factors in conversion into a
        BIFIEdata object
Text:

Version: 0.3
Category: ADDED * included generation of bootstrap designs
        ('BIFIE.data.boot
Text:

Version: 0.3
Category: ADDED * included logistic regression 'BIFIE.logistreg
Text:

Version: 0.3
Category: ADDED * included function 'save.BIFIEdata' and
        'load.BIFIEdata' for
Text: saving and loading BIFIEdata objects

Version: 0.3
Category: ADDED * included option for saving, loading and holding BIFIE
        datasets
Text: in a compact format ('cdata') which avoids memory overflow in
        some applications

Version: 0.3
Category: NOTE * enabled all methods to work for BIFIEdata obejcts
        which are saved
Text: as 'cdata'

Version: 0.3
Category: ADDED * included BIFIEdata conversion and selection functions
        'BIFIE.dataselect
Text: 'BIFIE.BIFIEdata2BIFIEcdata', 'BIFIE.BIFIEcdata2BIFIEdata'

Version: 0.3
Category: FIXED * fixed a bug in linear regression with formula
        specification and
Text: some missing values

Version: 0.3
Category: FIXED * fixed a bug in BIFIE.data.transform
Text:

Version: 0.3
Category: ADDED * included a function 'write.BIFIEdata' for writing
        separate imputed
Text: datasets from BIFIEdata objects permitting the formats csv, csv2,
        table and Rdata

Version: 0.3
Category: FIXED * corrected output of standard errors in cases in which
        no replicate
Text: weights were specified

Version: 0.3
Category: NOTE * included an option for conversion of PISA data in
        'BIFIE.data.jack
Text:

Version: 0.3
Category: ADDED * included function 'load.BIFIEdata' for efficient
        loading of files
Text: and creation of BIFIEdata objects

Version: 0.3
Category: FIXED * applied data transformation separately for every
        imputed dataset
Text:

Version: 0.3
Category: ADDED * included function 'BIFIE.mva' for conducting missing
        value analyses
Text:

Version: 0.3
Category: DATA * included/modified datasets: data.timss1.ind
Text:

Version: 0.3
Category: EXAMP * included/modified examples: BIFIE.data.boot (1),
        BIFIE.logistreg (1,2
Text: save.BIFIEdata (1,2)

Version: 0.2
Category: ADDED * included histogram 'BIFIE.hist
Text:

Version: 0.2
Category: ADDED * included empirical distribution function 'BIFIE.ecdf
Text:

Version: 0.2
Category: ADDED * included data transformation function
        'BIFIE.data.transform
Text:

Version: 0.2
Category: NOTE * extended creation of jackknife grouping designs in
        'BIFIE.data.jack
Text:

Version: 0.2
Category: DATA * included/modified datasets: data.test1, data.pisaNLD
Text:

Version: 0.2
Category: EXAMP * included/modified examples: BIFIE.ecdf (1),
        BIFIE.data.transform (1
Text: BIFIE.data.jack (2), data.pisa (1)

Version: 0.1
Category: ADDED * included functions: BIFIE.data, BIFIE.univar,
        BIFIE.freq
Text: BIFIE.correl, BIFIE.linreg, BIFIE.waldtest, BIFIE.univar.test,
        BIFIE.data.jack, BIFIE.crosstab, BIFIE.by

Version: 0.1
Category: DATA * included/modified datasets:
Text:

Version: 0.1
Category: EXAMP * included/modified examples:
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