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license: MIT
title: 'benchexcal: Benchmark, Expand, and Calibrate (BenchExCal) Trial Emulation
  Tools'
version: 0.1.0
abstract: Lightweight tools for evaluating real-world evidence (RWE) studies that
  emulate randomized clinical trials (RCTs). Provides (1) computation of the three
  pre-specified RCT-DUPLICATE / ENCORE agreement metrics -- statistical significance
  agreement (SA), estimate agreement (EA), and standardized difference agreement (SD)
  -- and (2) the Benchmark, Expand, and Calibrate (BenchExCal) calibration of a Stage
  2 RWE study using the divergence observed in a Stage 1 RCT-RWE pair, plus tipping-point
  sensitivity analysis and forest plots. Methods follow Wang et al. JAMA 2023;329:1376
  and Wang et al. CPT 2025;117:1820.
authors:
- family-names: Xue
  given-names: Xiangzhong
  email: your_email@example.com
repository: https://xxue064.r-universe.dev
commit: 1a2da2679a67b462d3b029668971f7fd24490e3b
date-released: '2026-05-18'
contact:
- family-names: Xue
  given-names: Xiangzhong
  email: your_email@example.com