To cite RItools in publications use:

Hansen BB, Bowers J (2008). “Covariate balance in simple, stratified and clustered comparative studies.” Statistical Science, 23(2), 219–236.

Bowers J, Fredrickson M, Hansen B (2025). RItools: Randomization Inference Tools. R package version 0.3-5, http://www.jakebowers.org/RItools.html.

Please cite our article and package when using it for data analysis. If you would like BibTeX formated citations type ‘toBibtex(citation("RItools"))’ . See also ‘citation("pkgname")’ for citing R packages.

Corresponding BibTeX entries:

  @Article{,
    author = {Ben B. Hansen and Jake Bowers},
    journal = {Statistical Science},
    number = {2},
    pages = {219--236},
    title = {Covariate balance in simple, stratified and clustered
      comparative studies},
    volume = {23},
    year = {2008},
  }

  @Manual{,
    title = {RItools: Randomization Inference Tools},
    author = {Jake Bowers and Mark Fredrickson and Ben Hansen},
    note = {R package version 0.3-5},
    year = {2025},
    url = {http://www.jakebowers.org/RItools.html},
  }