Package sate updated to version 3.1.1 with previous version 3.1.0 dated 2025-11-05

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 14:02:00 CDT

Title: Scientific Analysis of Trial Errors (SATE)
Description: Bundles functions used to analyze the harmfulness of trial errors in criminal trials. Functions in the Scientific Analysis of Trial Errors ('sate') package help users estimate the probability that a jury will find a defendant guilty given jurors' preferences for a guilty verdict and the uncertainty of that estimate. Users can also compare actual and hypothetical trial conditions to conduct harmful error analysis. The conceptual framework is discussed by Barry Edwards, A Scientific Framework for Analyzing the Harmfulness of Trial Errors, UCLA Criminal Justice Law Review (2024) <doi:10.5070/CJ88164341> and Barry Edwards, If The Jury Only Knew: The Effect Of Omitted Mitigation Evidence On The Probability Of A Death Sentence, Virginia Journal of Social Policy & the Law (2025) <https://vasocialpolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Edwards-If-The-Jury-Only-Knew.pdf>. The relationship between individual jurors' verdict preferences and the probability that a jury returns a guil [...truncated...]
Author: Barry Edwards [aut, cre]
Maintainer: Barry Edwards <bce@uga.edu>

Diff between sate versions 3.1.0 dated 2025-11-05 and 3.1.1 dated 2026-03-05

 DESCRIPTION                              |    8
 MD5                                      |   78 ++++----
 NEWS.md                                  |   16 +
 R/as.jury.point.r                        |  104 +++++++++--
 R/as.jury.stats.r                        |  106 ++++++++----
 R/basic.plot.grid.R                      |    8
 R/compare.juror.stats.R                  |   24 +-
 R/compare.jury.stats.r                   |  106 ++++++++----
 R/deliberate.civil.r                     |   27 +--
 R/deliberate.r                           |   26 +-
 R/encode.cloud.respondent.variables.R    |   40 ++++
 R/get_pG_by_k.r                          |   20 +-
 R/graph.effect.defendant.r               |  115 +++++++------
 R/graph.estimate.r                       |   68 ++++---
 R/helper.functions.r                     |  270 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 R/prob.ordered.verdicts.R                |   18 +-
 R/prob_ord_from_pool.R                   |   72 ++++++--
 R/select.with.strikes.r                  |   15 -
 R/sim.as.jury.stats.r                    |  104 +++++------
 R/sim.compare.jury.stats.r               |   36 ++--
 R/transition.matrix.R                    |    8
 R/transition.matrix.ordered.R            |   65 ++++---
 R/weights_for_population.R               |  142 +++++++++++++---
 man/as.jury.point.Rd                     |   12 +
 man/as.jury.stats.Rd                     |   14 +
 man/basic.plot.grid.Rd                   |    8
 man/compare.jury.stats.Rd                |   10 +
 man/deliberate.Rd                        |    4
 man/deliberate.civil.Rd                  |    4
 man/encode.cloud.respondent.variables.Rd |    4
 man/get_pG_by_k.Rd                       |    2
 man/graph.effect.defendant.Rd            |    9 -
 man/graph.estimate.Rd                    |    9 -
 man/prob_ord_from_pool.Rd                |    6
 man/sim.as.jury.stats.Rd                 |    6
 man/sim.compare.jury.stats.Rd            |    4
 man/transition.matrix.ordered.Rd         |   20 +-
 man/weights_for_population.Rd            |   10 -
 tests                                    |only
 39 files changed, 1128 insertions(+), 470 deletions(-)

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