JUhalt · JUhalt · Sep 27, 2026 · Sep 27, 2026 · Sep 27, 2026 · Sep 27, 2026
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ type: software
 authors:
   - family-names: Uhalt
     given-names: Joshua
-version: 0.8.0
-date-released: 2026-09-26
+version: 0.9.0
+date-released: 2026-09-27
 repository-code: "https://github.com/JUhalt/contentvalidR"
 url: "https://juhalt.github.io/contentvalidR/"
 license: GPL-3.0-only
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: contentvalidR
 Type: Package
 Title: Tools for Substantive and Content Validity Pretesting
-Version: 0.8.0.9000
+Version: 0.9.0
 Authors@R: c(
     person(given = "Joshua", family = "Uhalt", email = "Josh.Uhalt@gmail.com",
            role = c("aut", "cre"))

diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,6 +1,41 @@
-# contentvalidR 0.8.0.9000 (development version)
+# contentvalidR 0.9.0
 
-## A README that is a front page (in development)
+Ninth public release. v0.9.0 is about how the package presents itself before
+1.0. Every reference list is in APA 7 form; printed output is shorter and says
+what it means; the component functions and report tables print in APA style;
+the figures show the criterion and the uncertainty; and the README is a front
+page rather than a manual.
+
+The package continues to declare `Imports: stats` only.
+
+**No computed value changes.** Across 25 analyses spanning every workflow,
+every value 0.8.0 returns is identical in 0.9.0. Some wording changes: the
+scale-level summaries of the item-sort and construct-rating workflows name the
+Colquitt band of the weaker index, counts read "1 item" or "3 items", and the
+note when judge severity cannot be estimated no longer blames near-total
+agreement when one dissenting judge causes it.
+
+**Breaking changes.**
+
+* `content_report()` writes an APA table by default. For the numeric table
+  that used to be the default, pass `format = "data.frame"`; its *p* values
+  now keep three decimals whatever `digits` is.
+* The component functions' results (`compute_psa()`, `aikens_v()`, `cvr()`,
+  and eleven others) gain a class, so they print as formatted tables. Every
+  value is unchanged and `as.data.frame()` returns the plain data frame; only
+  code that tests `class(x) == "data.frame"` exactly would notice.
+
+**Deprecated.** `agreement_summary()` warns and will be removed in 1.0.0; use
+`panel_agreement()`, which takes raters in rows like every other ratings
+function.
+
+New: `content_report(format = "apa")`, and `csv_binom_test()` returns its
+inputs (`n_target`, `N`, `p0`, `alpha`) beside its result.
+
+Published on GitHub and R-universe. 0.4.0 is still in CRAN's review queue, and
+CRAN policy asks that no further version be submitted while one is pending.
+
+## A README that is a front page
 
 * **The README is a front page rather than a manual.** It ran to about 1,400
   lines of printed output: every workflow in full, the component functions,
@@ -15,7 +50,7 @@
   design would need. Its method list now names all six workflows, and it has a
   reference list.
 
-## Plots show the criterion and the uncertainty (in development)
+## Plots show the criterion and the uncertainty
 
 No computed value changes; this is about what the figures draw.
 
@@ -41,7 +76,7 @@ No computed value changes; this is about what the figures draw.
 * **Every figure in the README and the vignettes has alt text** describing
   what it shows; 17 of 19 had none.
 
-## Shorter keys, formatted components, and APA report tables (in development)
+## Shorter keys, formatted components, and APA report tables
 
 No computed value changes; this is about what is printed.
 
@@ -73,7 +108,7 @@ No computed value changes; this is about what is printed.
   `digits` is. The construct-rating table shows the contrast *p* beside the
   omnibus *p*, since a Review item can have an omnibus *p* below .001.
 
-## `agreement_summary()` is deprecated (in development)
+## `agreement_summary()` is deprecated
 
 * **Deprecated in 0.9.0, to be removed in 1.0.0.** Use `panel_agreement()`.
   `agreement_summary()` is the only function that takes items in rows; every
@@ -84,7 +119,7 @@ No computed value changes; this is about what is printed.
   it at 1.0.0 leaves nothing deprecated past 1.0, as the stability policy in
   `?contentvalidR` sets out.
 
-## References follow APA 7 everywhere (in development)
+## References follow APA 7 everywhere
 
 * **One reference list, installed in BibTeX form.** `REFERENCES.bib` held 13
   of the works the package cites, and one it no longer cited; it now holds all
@@ -104,7 +139,7 @@ No computed value changes; this is about what is printed.
 * `citation("contentvalidR")` prints the package reference in APA form, with
   its version and "[Computer software]".
 
-## Printed output says what it means (in development)
+## Printed output says what it means
 
 * **The expert-panel print opens with its verdict**, as the other workflows'
   prints do: how many items met the criterion, then the flagged items by name.

diff --git a/README.Rmd b/README.Rmd
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ if (!requireNamespace("contentvalidR", quietly = TRUE)) {
 [![Lifecycle: experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/lifecycle-experimental-orange.svg)](https://lifecycle.r-lib.org/articles/stages.html)
 <!-- badges: end -->
 
-**Current stable release: 0.8.0.**
+**Current stable release: 0.9.0.**
 
 Development plans: [Roadmap](https://github.com/JUhalt/contentvalidR/blob/master/ROADMAP.md) · [Future research](https://github.com/JUhalt/contentvalidR/milestone/3) · [Open issues](https://github.com/JUhalt/contentvalidR/issues).
 Documentation: [Package website](https://juhalt.github.io/contentvalidR/) · [Changelog](https://juhalt.github.io/contentvalidR/news/index.html).

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ only](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-GPL--3.0--only-blue.svg)](https://git
 experimental](https://img.shields.io/badge/lifecycle-experimental-orange.svg)](https://lifecycle.r-lib.org/articles/stages.html)
 <!-- badges: end -->
 
-**Current stable release: 0.8.0.**
+**Current stable release: 0.9.0.**
 
 Development plans:
 [Roadmap](https://github.com/JUhalt/contentvalidR/blob/master/ROADMAP.md)

diff --git a/ROADMAP.md b/ROADMAP.md
@@ -747,6 +747,35 @@ tag.
 
 ***
 
+## v0.9.0 - Ready to be read: references, output, plots, and the README
+
+**Status:** Released (0.9.0 on 2026-09-27, on GitHub and R-universe)
+**Version:** `0.9.0`
+
+Work: [#72](https://github.com/JUhalt/contentvalidR/pull/72) to
+[#75](https://github.com/JUhalt/contentvalidR/pull/75). The maintainer asked
+for everything a user sees to be ready before 1.0; an output gallery of every
+print, summary, and plot set the list.
+
+- [x] Put every reference list in APA 7 form and fix what the output misstated
+      ([#72](https://github.com/JUhalt/contentvalidR/pull/72)): the installed
+      BibTeX file holds all 53 cited works, checked against Crossref; lists are
+      alphabetical with en dashes; the expert-panel print opens with its
+      verdict; the modified-kappa range is corrected.
+- [x] Show a short key tailored to each result, print the component functions
+      in APA style, make `content_report()` APA by default, and deprecate
+      `agreement_summary()` ([#73](https://github.com/JUhalt/contentvalidR/pull/73)).
+- [x] Make the plots show the criterion and the uncertainty, and give every
+      figure alt text ([#74](https://github.com/JUhalt/contentvalidR/pull/74)).
+- [x] Make the README a front page and move its planning examples to a
+      vignette ([#75](https://github.com/JUhalt/contentvalidR/pull/75)).
+
+CRAN: unchanged. 0.4.0 is still in review, so 0.9.0 is not submitted; whichever
+version is current when 0.4.0 resolves goes to CRAN as the update, from its own
+tag.
+
+***
+
 ## v1.0.0 - Joint stable release with nomologR (proposed)
 
 **Status:** Proposed by the maintainer on 2026-09-19. Not scheduled.