ranef {FastJM}R Documentation

Random effects estimates for joint models

Description

Extracts the posterior mean of the random effects for a fitted joint model.

Usage

ranef(object, ...)

Arguments

object

an object inheriting from class jmcs.

...

further arguments passed to or from other methods.

Value

a matrix of random effects estimates.

Author(s)

Shanpeng Li lishanpeng0913@ucla.edu

See Also

jmcs

Examples


# a joint model fit
fit <- jmcs(ydata = ydata, cdata = cdata, 
            long.formula = response ~ time + gender + x1 + race, 
            surv.formula = Surv(surv, failure_type) ~ x1 + gender + x2 + race, 
            random =  ~ time| ID)

# extract random effects estimates
head(ranef(fit))
[Package FastJM version 1.4.2 Index]