updateALpha {MIIPW}

internal function for updating alpha

Description

internal function for updating alpha

Usage

updateALpha(y, x, vfun, mu, w, phi, corstr, ni, mv = NULL, id, visit)

Arguments

y

response value for GEE model

x

model matrix for the GEE model

vfun

variance function for the GLM

mu

mu vector for the GLM

w

weight matrix

phi

scale parameter

corstr

correlation structure

ni

list of visits per subject

mv

NULL

id

id column

visit

visit column

Details

arguments are from Fisher Scoring Algorithm