Changes in version 1.2 (2025-10-29)                   

Statistical methodology improvements

  - Exact p-value calculation for permutation and Monte Carlo tests:
    Implemented the Phipson & Smyth (2010) method for computing exact
    p-values when permutations are randomly drawn. The formula p = (B
    + 1)/(m + 1) ensures that p-values are never zero and that Type I
    error rates are correctly controlled. This supersedes the previous
    implementation that could underestimate p-values and inflate Type I
    error rates;

New association measures and effect sizes

  - Maximum-corrected version of the C coefficient added;
  - 95 percent confidence interval around Goodman-Kruskal lambda
    (asymmetric and symmetric) added;
  - 95 percent confidence interval around Goodman-Kruskal tau added;
  - Enhanced effect size interpretation for chi-square-based measures:
    uncorrected measures (Phi, C, Cramer's V) are now assessed against
    Cohen's thresholds adjusted by their maximum achievable values,
    while corrected measures use standard Cohen's thresholds;
  - Added a detailed effect size interpretation thresholds table showing
    exact threshold values for all association measures;

New residual analysis methods

  - Goodman-Kruskal residuals added;
  - PEM (Percentage of Maximum Deviation from Independence) added;
  - Standardised median polish residuals and adjusted standardised
    median polish residuals added, providing robust alternatives for
    cell residual analysis that are resistant to masking and swamping
    effects from outliers;

User interface and output improvements

  - Added a new gt.tables component to the returned results that
    contains all formatted gt tables; this allows the tables to be
    rendered any time without needing to re-run the analysis;
  - Modification to the code to avoid automatic rendering of all tables
    in the R console, improving execution speed and preventing browser
    overload; tables are now returned in a structured list (see previous
    bullet point) but only rendered when setting the new
    render.all.tables parameter to TRUE;

Documentation improvements

  - Major restructuring of the help documentation for improved clarity
    and pedagogical flow: content is now organised into six thematic
    sections (Hypothesis Testing and Power Analysis; Decomposition of
    the Chi-Square Statistic; Table Standardisation;
    Chi-Square-Maximising Table; Post-Hoc Analysis; Measures of
    Categorical Association);
  - Table standardisation methodology (Iterative Proportional Fitting)
    now documented separately from specific coefficient applications,
    enhancing conceptual clarity;
  - Association measures reorganised by statistical foundation:
    Chi-square-based measures, Margin-free measures, and PRE
    (Proportional Reduction in Error) measures, facilitating coefficient
    selection based on analytical needs;

Bug fixes and minor improvements

  - Annotation at the bottom of the last rendered table removed since no
    longer relevant;
  - Typo in the title of the absolute contribution to the chi-square
    statistic table fixed;
  - Updates to the help documentation's content and layout;
  - Bibliographical references updated.