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		Conditional Ordinal Stereotype Model for Incident-Level
		Comparison // Implements the Conditional Ordinal Stereotype
		Model for Incident-Level Comparison (COSMIC), a method for
		analyzing ordinal outcomes observed across multiple actors
		within shared events. The model uses a conditional likelihood
		to remove event-level confounding and estimate actor-specific
		propensities relative to their peers. Efficient computation is
		achieved via a dynamic programming algorithm for the Poisson-
		multinomial normalization term, enabling scalable estimation
		with Markov chain Monte Carlo. The package provides tools for
		data preparation, model fitting using Stan, and extraction of
		posterior summaries for comparative inference. Estimation of
		police officer propensity to escalate force is the primary
		motivation for the model. For more details see Ridgeway (2026)
		"A Conditional Ordinal Stereotype Model to Estimate Police
		Officers Propensity to Escalate Force"
		doi:10.1080/01621459.2025.2597050.
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