NEWS

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midfieldr 2022-12

• Revise to accommodate new data sample in midfielddata
• Rework arguments of filter_cip() for ease of use
• Add man/rmd/ for shared .Rmd fragments
• Revise README and pkgdown settings

midfieldr 1.0.2.900

• Replace same_content() with re-export of wrapr check_equiv_frames()
• Add composite column keys to select_required() for course table
• Add grade_scale and sat_act_scale datasets
• Add definition of degree-seeking to relevant vignettes
• Edit case study introduction. Clarify some definitions.
• Add 'Suggests' package 'gt' for vignette tables
• Add extra.css for small format changes

midfieldr 1.0.2 (2024-05-16)

• Edit argument descriptions and correct typos.
• Update the midfieldr-package.R file
• No change in functionality.

midfieldr 1.0.1 (2023-07-08)

Initial CRAN submission

midfieldr 1.0.0.9030

• Cleanup the data-raw file, embed all figure code in the vignettes
• Edit for consistent figure dimensions
• Minor text edits in vignettes

midfieldr 1.0.0.9028

• Rename filter_search() to filter_cip() to better capture its purpose. Made cip the default data frame to search.
• Edit all vignettes for consistent organization and prose.
• Finished first complete draft of "Graduation rate" vignette.
• Add same_content() convenience function.
• Add "Stickiness" vignette
• Add "Groupings" vignette.

midfieldr 1.0.0.9027

• Separate the vignettes for FYE and starters.
• To starters, add the case for non-FYE institutions.
• Edit vignettes for consistent organization and prose.
• Add select_required().
• Add planning and blocs vignettes.

midfieldr 1.0.0.9026

• Add FYE function and vignette.
• Revise multiway function name.
• Add order_multiway() examples.
• Add initial graduation rate vignette.
• Add README to tests directory.
• Consistent comments and R code chunk commands.

midfieldr 1.0.0.9025

• Editing some functions names and data names to be more descriptive.
• Change name of built-in fye_start data set to fye_predicted_start.
• New order_multiway_categories() to replace condition_multiway(). Revised argument names.
• New preprocess_fye() to replace condition_fye().

midfieldr 1.0.0.9024

• Revise add_completion_status(), changing the three possible values to "timely", "late", or NA. Drop the completion column (same information available in the term_degree column).
• Revise vignettes for consistent format.

midfieldr 1.0.0.9023

• Updated condition_multiway(), unit tests, and multiway vignette.

midfieldr 1.0.0.9022

• Revise or add vignettes for data sufficiency, degree seeking (inner joins), programs, completion, and demographics (left outer joins).
• Correction to condition_multiway() for alphabetical ordering, revise unit tests.
• Remove dependency on Rdpack.

midfieldr 1.0.0.9021

• The midfield_student argument, in functions in which it appears, is assigned the default value student instead of NULL. The argument can be omitted unless the intended data frame is called something other than student.
• Similarly, the midfield_course, midfield_term, and midfield_degree arguments, where they occur, are assigned the default values course, term, and degree.
• Reorganize the logical flow of the data processing in the case study and vignettes to reflect our latest thinking on the order in which filters are applied.
• Functions return all supporting variables, delete the optional "details" arguments.
• Edit function names and variable names, update unit tests.
• Temporarily remove vignettes that have not been updated.
• Make inner joins explicit, delete add_filter_match().
• Revise data sufficiency to include lower limit exclusions.
• Make left-outer joins explicit, delete add_race_sex().

midfieldr 1.0.0.9020

Significant changes from earlier versions, no backwards compatibility, prompting version number change to 1.0.0.

• Change names of practice data tables to match the names of the research data
• Edit practice data values for consistency with research data values
• Revise built-in data sets for use in vignettes and Rd examples
• Switch to wrapr coalesce %?% for assigning default arguments
• Initial round of runtime assertions and unit tests complete
• Make function names and arguments internally consistent
• Edit functions to depend on data.table functionality
• Make MIDFIELD data arguments explicit in functions
• Remove dependency on dplyr and related packages
• Replace Travis CI with GitHub Actions for CI
• Use package checkmate for runtime assertions
• Remove dependency on installing midfielddata
• Switch to package tinytest for unit testing
• Separate case study from detailed vignettes
• Completely overhaul midfieldr functions
• Update README and midfielddata README
• Revise vignettes to use new functions

midfieldr 0.1.0

• Initial development version public on GitHub