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license: MIT
title: 'TernTables: Automated Statistical Analysis and Table Generation for Biomedical
  Research'
version: 1.7.2
doi: 10.64898/2026.04.15.717241
identifiers:
- type: doi
  value: 10.32614/CRAN.package.TernTables
- type: url
  value: https://tern-tables.com/
abstract: Generates publication-ready summary tables for clinical research, supporting
  descriptive summaries and comparisons across two or three groups. The package streamlines
  the analytical workflow by detecting variable types and applying appropriate statistical
  tests (Welch t-test, Wilcoxon rank-sum, Welch ANOVA, Kruskal-Wallis, Chi-squared,
  or Fisher's exact test). Results are formatted as 'tibble' objects and can be exported
  to 'Word' or 'Excel' using the 'officer', 'flextable', and 'writexl' packages. Optional
  pairwise post-hoc testing for three-group comparisons (Games-Howell and Dunn's test)
  is available via the 'rstatix' package. Example data are derived from the landmark
  adjuvant colon cancer trial described in Moertel et al. (1990) <https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM199002083220602>.
authors:
- family-names: Preston
  given-names: Joshua D.
  email: joshua.preston@emory.edu
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9834-3017
- family-names: Abadiotakis
  given-names: Helen
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8268-927X
- family-names: Tang
  given-names: Ailin
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8715-1678
- family-names: Rust
  given-names: Clayton J.
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5929-0733
- family-names: Halkos
  given-names: Michael E.
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9191-7743
- family-names: Daneshmand
  given-names: Mani A.
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0191-9911
- family-names: Chan
  given-names: Joshua L.
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7220-561X
preferred-citation:
  type: article
  title: 'TernTables: A Statistical Analysis and Table Generation Web Interface for
    Clinical and Biomedical Research'
  authors:
  - family-names: Preston
    given-names: Joshua D.
    email: joshua.preston@emory.edu
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9834-3017
  - family-names: Abadiotakis
    given-names: Helen
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8268-927X
  - family-names: Tang
    given-names: Ailin
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8715-1678
  - family-names: Rust
    given-names: Clayton J.
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5929-0733
  - family-names: Halkos
    given-names: Michael E.
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9191-7743
  - family-names: Daneshmand
    given-names: Mani A.
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0191-9911
  - family-names: Chan
    given-names: Joshua L.
    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7220-561X
  journal: bioRxiv
  year: '2026'
  doi: 10.64898/2026.04.15.717241
  url: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.04.15.717241
  notes: 'Preprint; PMID: 42079076; PMCID: PMC13131802'
repository: https://jdpreston30.r-universe.dev
repository-code: https://github.com/jdpreston30/TernTables
commit: 041d6fa9cc68f17a844ec8592140d0bffe7961ad
url: https://cran.r-project.org/package=TernTables
date-released: '2026-06-04'
contact:
- family-names: Preston
  given-names: Joshua D.
  email: joshua.preston@emory.edu
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9834-3017