To cite the LTG-SMD framework, please cite the companion paper:

Nakamura D (2026). “The Denominator Chooses the Estimand: A Target-Population True-Score Framework for Standardized Mean Differences.” Psychological Methods. doi:10.1037/met0000875. Advance online publication.

To cite the ltgsmd software itself, please use:

Nakamura D (2026). ltgsmd: Latent True-Score and Target-Population Anchored Geometric SMD. doi:10.32614/CRAN.package.ltgsmd. R package version 0.2.3, https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=ltgsmd.

Corresponding BibTeX entries:

  @Article{,
    title = {The Denominator Chooses the Estimand: A Target-Population
      True-Score Framework for Standardized Mean Differences},
    author = {Daiki Nakamura},
    journal = {Psychological Methods},
    year = {2026},
    note = {Advance online publication},
    doi = {10.1037/met0000875},
  }

  @Manual{,
    title = {{ltgsmd}: Latent True-Score and Target-Population Anchored
      Geometric {SMD}},
    author = {Daiki Nakamura},
    year = {2026},
    note = {R package version 0.2.3},
    doi = {10.32614/CRAN.package.ltgsmd},
    url = {https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=ltgsmd},
  }