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broom.helpers

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Helpers for Model Coefficients Tibbles

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The tidying engine under gtsummary keeps widening its model coverage while retiring its own selector layer.

regression-tidyingr-packagegtsummarydeprecationmodel-supportsurvey-models
◆Current state
broom.helpers standardises the output of regression models so downstream packages can render them, and its release notes are essentially a running list of newly supported model classes. Recent versions added quantreg, svyVGAM, VGAM, glmtoolbox and mmrm support alongside a steady stream of fixes for fixest and survey models. In parallel it has spent three releases dismantling its own selector helpers in favour of the cards package.
◆Where it's heading
Two arcs run in parallel. The first is accretive: each release absorbs another modelling package, which is the natural job of a translation layer and shows no sign of slowing. The second is subtractive and now complete — the dot-prefixed selector functions were deprecated in 1.17.0, hard deprecated in 1.20.0, and removed in 1.22.0, alongside the deprecation of tidy_marginal_means() and tidy_margins() as their upstream packages moved or left CRAN. The package is consolidating on parameters and marginaleffects as its computational backends while shedding machinery that now belongs to gtsummary's ecosystem.
◆Prediction
The next release will most likely add support for another model class and continue trimming tidiers whose upstream packages have been superseded, following the pattern of the last six.

◆Recent moves

  1. 11mo ago

    Quantile regression support lands as legacy selectors are removed

    Adds quantreg::rq() to the supported model list and closes the deprecation arc by removing the four dot-prefixed selector functions outright. Two fixest fixes, both involving subsetted data, continue a recurring theme in this package's bug reports.

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  2. 1y ago

    Experimental tidier for survey-weighted VGAM models

    Extends coverage to svyVGAM::svy_vglm() through an experimental tidier, continuing the push into survey-weighted models. The change to polynomial term relabelling is a small breaking default, now opt-in via relabel_poly.

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  3. 1y ago

    New grouping controls for tidied model results

    Introduces tidy_group_by() plus group_by and group_labels arguments on tidy_plus_plus(), giving the pipeline a way to express grouped results rather than a flat table. Arriving in the same release as the hard deprecation of the old selectors, it shows the package building its own structure while shedding borrowed machinery.

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  4. 1y ago

    Marginal means tidier hard deprecated

    A single-line release hard deprecating tidy_marginal_means(), following through on the notice given when marginaleffects removed the underlying function. Bookkeeping in the wider retreat from superseded marginal-effects tooling.

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  5. 1y ago

    Instrumental variable support for fixest models

    Adds glmgee support and, more usefully, instrumental variable handling for fixest models with a new instrumental_suffix argument threaded through three functions. The econometric side of the supported-model list is getting real attention rather than nominal coverage.

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  6. 1y ago

    broom.helpers 1.17.0

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    The release that redrew the package's boundaries: selectors were realigned for gtsummary 2.0.0, scope_tidy() was introduced, and the internal selector helpers were deprecated in favour of the cards package. Every later removal in this timeline is the tail of the decision made here.

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