matchednull: Matched-Null Tests for Cluster-Count Claims

Builds Gaussian-copula matched nulls: synthetic twins of a dataset that preserve every marginal distribution and the full correlation matrix while containing no cluster structure by construction. A reported number of clusters or "types" can then be tested against what the data's own margins and covariance already produce, using any clustering pipeline. Implements the matched-null procedure of Meng (2026) "Types Without Taxa" <https://osf.io/2ekcg>.

Version: 0.1.0
Imports: stats
Suggests: mclust, testthat (≥ 3.0.0), knitr, rmarkdown
Published: 2026-07-21
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.matchednull (may not be active yet)
Author: Miura Meng ORCID iD [aut, cre]
Maintainer: Miura Meng <meng10 at upenn.edu>
BugReports: https://github.com/haomeng797-ship-it/matchednull/issues
License: MIT + file LICENSE
URL: https://github.com/haomeng797-ship-it/matchednull
NeedsCompilation: no
Citation: matchednull citation info
Materials: README, NEWS
CRAN checks: matchednull results

Documentation:

Reference manual: matchednull.html , matchednull.pdf
Vignettes: Testing a cluster count with matched nulls (source, R code)

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