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-# cardx <a href="https://insightsengineering.github.io/cardx"><img src="man/figures/logo.png" align="right" height="138" alt="cardx website" /></a>
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+# cardx <a href="https://insightsengineering.github.io/cardx"><img src="man/figures/logo.png" alt="cardx website" align="right" height="138"/></a>
 
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 This is the source repository of the `cardx` R package.
 
+The {cardx} package is an extension of the {cards} package, providing
+additional functions to create Analysis Results Data Objects (ARDs)
+using the **R** programming language. The {cardx} package exports ARD
+functions that uses utility functions from {cards} and statistical
+functions from additional packages (such as {stats}, {aod}, {car},
+{survey}, etc.) to construct summary objects.
+
+Summary objects can be used to:
+
+-   [**Generate Tables and visualizations for Regulatory Submission**]
+    easily in **R**. Perfect for presenting descriptive statistics,
+    statistical analyses, regressions, etc. and more.
+
+-   [**Conduct Quality Control checks on existing Tables** ] in R.
+    Storing both the results and test parameters supports the re-use and
+    verification of data analyses.
+
+In the future, components of the {cards} package will be integrated
+seamlessly with the {gtsummary} package for table creation. ARDs will be
+a byproduct of {gtsummary} tables and ARDs will be acceptable input for
+{gtsummary} functions as detailed in the image below:
+
+<img src="man/figures/README-ard-gtsummary-workflow.png" width="75%"/>
+
 ## Installation
 
-The latest development version of `{cardx}` can directly be installed from GitHub by running the following:
+The latest development version of `{cardx}` can directly be installed
+from GitHub by running the following:
 
-```r
+``` r
 if (!require("pak")) install.packages("pak")
 pak::pak("insightsengineering/cardx")
 ```
+
+## Examples
+
+### Summary Table
+
+Use
+[`tbl_summary()`](https://www.danieldsjoberg.com/gtsummary/reference/tbl_summary.html)
+to summarize a data frame.
+
+Example ttest:
+
+``` r
+library(cardx)
+
+# summarize the data with our package
+cards::ADSL |> 
+  # keep two treatment arms for the t-test calculation
+  dplyr::filter(ARM %in% c("Placebo", "Xanomeline High Dose")) |> 
+  cardx::ard_stats_t_test(by = ARM, variable = AGE)
+```
+
+<img src="man/figures/README-t_test_print_simple.png" width="75%"/>
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