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 Type: Package
 Package: correlation
 Title: Methods for Correlation Analysis
-Version: 0.8.4.4
+Version: 0.8.5
 Authors@R: 
     c(person(given = "Dominique",
              family = "Makowski",
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-# correlation Development
+# correlation 0.8.5
 
 - New `cormatrix_to_excel()` function for exporting correlation matrices to Excel with color formatting.
 - This release changes the licensing model of `{correlation}` to an MIT license.