Are there plans to make plots for model diagnostics, like residuals of age-composition data?

[kellijohnson-NOAA]

I searched through issues and discussions for information regarding residuals and did not find any activity, so I am curious if there are plans to make plots and/or tables for information related to model diagnostics with this package or would that be up to the actual package to provide those? We are in desperate need for age-composition plots within FIMS, which is why I am asking 😉.

[kellijohnson-NOAA]

Just wanted to note that I will be working on this tomorrow during FIMS Code Club
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[Schiano-NOAA]

I'll be there for the first 30 mins or so to chat more about this!

[Schiano-NOAA]

Thanks for opening this discussion Kelli! At this moment, we do not have any plans to add diagnostic plot into stockplotr as its main purpose was to create standard figures and tables for a stock assessment report. Due to shifting priorities and focus, maybe this is something the broader community is interested in?

I am curious what the @nmfs-ost/asar-collaborators thinks about this.

A couple issues with broadening {stockplotr} to include diagnostic plots:
(1) I am not sure if convert_output currently has the information needed for diagnostics. Possible some but not all (I am not sure what is needed for the diagnostic plots)
(2) Without outside contribution, the team does not have the bandwidth to develop diagnostic plots until v1.0 release planned for March 2027. (unless the community would prefer a shift to diagnostic plots being added in and prioritized)