COINr
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The facts
Each one read from COINr's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Analysis
- It provides indicator statistics, multivariate analysis including PCA, correlation analysis and what-if analysis.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Availability
- The package is available on CRAN and can also be installed in development form from GitHub.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Construction
- It supports indicator selection, denomination, missing-data imputation, data treatment, normalisation, weighting and aggregation.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- desktopchecked 23 Sep 2026
- Development history
- The package was initially developed under contract for the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre until 2021.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- Documentation is available online and through R package vignettes and function help.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Flexible hierarchies
- The maker describes composite-indicator development as having no limits on aggregation levels or number of indicators.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Indicator construction
- It supports flexible aggregation levels, missing-data imputation, outlier treatment, normalisation, weighting and aggregation methods.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- It supports fast import from the COIN Tool and export to Excel.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Learning curve
- The site says COINr requires some reading and learning to understand properly.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The site identifies the package license as MIT.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Maintainer
- The site names William Becker as author, maintainer and copyright holder.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Notable version change
- The v1.0 update changed most function names; the older syntax remains available in a separate package called COINr6.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- COINr is a high-level R package for developing and analysing composite indicators and scoreboards.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Regression models
- Nochecked 23 Sep 2026
- Requirements
- The CRAN package metadata lists R version 4.0.0 or later as a dependency.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Scripting support
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Sensitivity analysis
- It supports global uncertainty and sensitivity analysis across weighting and methodological choices.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Statistical tests
- Nochecked 23 Sep 2026
- Support
- The maker directs users to the documentation and invites bug reports or suggestions through GitHub issues or email.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Visualisation
- It provides statistical plots, bar charts, stacked bar charts, tables and correlation plots.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
The company
- Maker and development
- The official site names William Becker as author, maintainer and copyright holder, and says initial development was under contract for the European Commission Joint Research Centre until 2021.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Platforms
- CRAN lists Windows and macOS package binaries as well as a source package.checked 11 Oct 2026
