NEWS

mdepriv 0.0.5

some minor adjustments of code in vignette mdepriv_get_started
few code-simplifications of functions mdepriv and corr_mat with no effect on their functionality

more efficient code for matrix filling within functions mdepriv and corr_mat
code related to filling and to processing of matrices implemented as helper functions in a separate R file (utils.R)
code to execute error / stop actions due to incorrect arguments of the functions mdepriv and corr_mat gathered as helper functions in a separate R file (checks.R)
overall tidied up function code
section on handling of missing values added to vignette mdepriv_get_started
minor formal changes in vignette mdepriv_get_started
internal trimming of mdepriv()'s output score_i to the range [0, 1] added. This was done due to rarely observed very minor overshooting of 1 by some values of score_i (difference < 1e-15). If in such a case the output score_i would have been used as one of the items in a higher-level model with mdepriv(), that run would fail because items are restricted to the range [0, 1].
besides the trimming of mdepriv()'s output score_i, no change in functionality of the package mdepriv

fixed bug: tibble in addition to ordinary data.frame or matrix as argument data: enabled in functions mdepriv and corr_mat.