Updating DESCRIPTION and README

Author: Keith Goldfeld

.Rbuildignore

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 ^touchstone$
 ^bench$
 ^CITATION\.cff$
+^README\.md$
+^NEWS\.md$

DESCRIPTION

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 Type: Package
 Package: simstudy
 Title: Simulation of Study Data
-Version: 0.3.0.9000
-Date: 2021-11-04
+Version: 0.4.0
+Date: 2022-01-18
 Authors@R: 
     c(person(given = "Keith",
              family = "Goldfeld",

README.md

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 ================
 
 <!-- README.md is generated from README.Rmd. Please edit that file -->
-
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 The `simstudy` package is a collection of functions that allow users to
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 not follow the standard parameterizations for the specific
 distributions. For example, in `simstudy` *gamma*-distributed data are
 generated based on the specification of a mean μ (or log(μ)) and a
-dispersion \(d\), rather than shape α and rate β parameters that more
+dispersion *d*, rather than shape α and rate β parameters that more
 typically characterize the *gamma* distribution. When we estimate the
 parameters, we are modeling μ (or some function of μ), so we should
 explicitly recover the `simstudy` parameters used to generate the model,
@@ -56,13 +51,14 @@ page](https://kgoldfeld.github.io/simstudy/articles/simstudy.html).
 ## Installation
 
 You can install the released version of simstudy from
-[CRAN](https://CRAN.R-project.org) with:
+<a href="https://CRAN.R-project.org" target="_blank">CRAN</a> with:
 
 ``` r
 install.packages("simstudy")
 ```
 
-And the development version from [GitHub](https://github.com/) with:
+And the development version from
+<a href="https://github.com/" target="_blank">GitHub</a> with:
 
 ``` r
 # install.packages("devtools")
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 ## Contributing & Support
 
 If you find a bug or need help, please file an issue with a
-[reprex](https://www.tidyverse.org/help/) on
-[Github](https://github.com/kgoldfeld/simstudy/issues). We are happy to
-accept contributions to simstudy. More information on how to propose
-changes or fix bugs can be found
-[here](https://kgoldfeld.github.io/simstudy/CONTRIBUTING.html).
+<a href="https://www.tidyverse.org/help/" target="_blank">reprex</a> on
+<a href="https://github.com/kgoldfeld/simstudy/issues" target="_blank">Github</a>.
+We are happy to accept contributions to simstudy. More information on
+how to propose changes or fix bugs can be found
+<a href="https://kgoldfeld.github.io/simstudy/CONTRIBUTING.html" target="_blank">here</a>.
 
 ## Code of Conduct
 
-Please note that the simstudy project is released with a [Contributor
-Code of
-Conduct](https://kgoldfeld.github.io/simstudy/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.html). By
-contributing to this project, you agree to abide by its terms.
+Please note that the simstudy project is released with a
+<a href="https://kgoldfeld.github.io/simstudy/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.html" target="_blank">Contributor Code of Conduct</a>.
+By contributing to this project, you agree to abide by its terms.