actstatr: Interactive R tutorials for actuarial statistics

actstatr is an R package bundling several learnr interactive tutorials for actuarial statistics. These tutorials consist of content along with interactive components for checking and reinforcing understanding. Tutorial topics include (tutorial name in parentheses):

• Basics of R ("basicr"): An introduction to the basic capabilities of the R software.
• Life Tables ("lifetables"): Implementation of life table computations using the package lifecontingencies.
• Survival analysis ("survival"): Survival analysis in R, including the Kaplan-Meier and Nelson-Aelen estimators, Cox regression models and accelerated failure time models.
• Markov chains ("markovchains"): Application of continuous time Markov chains (MC) in R by using the package markovchain.
• Mortality graduation ("graduation"): Implementation in R of mortality graduation techniques and of statistical tests to assess the adherence of a graduation.
• Stochastic Mortality Models ("stochasticmortality"): Implementation in R of stochastic mortaity projections models using the package StMoMo.

Installation:

To install the latest development version:

    install.packages("devtools")
    devtools::install_github("rstudio/learnr")
    devtools::install_github("amvillegas/actstatr")

Running a tutorial

To run a tutorial use the following code

    learnr::run_tutorial("basicr", package = "actstatr")

where the first argument is the name of the tutorial. Available tutorials are: "basicr", "lifetables", "survival", "markovchains", "graduation", "stochasticmortality".