initialize,dmbc_data-method {dmbc}R Documentation

Create an instance of the dmbc_data class using new/initialize.

Description

Create an instance of the dmbc_data class using new/initialize.

Usage

## S4 method for signature 'dmbc_data'
initialize(
  .Object,
  diss = list(),
  n = numeric(),
  S = numeric(),
  family = character()
)

Arguments

.Object

Prototype object from the class dmbc_data.

diss

A list whose elements are the dissimilarity matrices corresponding to the judgments expressed by the S subjects/raters. These matrices must be defined as a dist object.

n

A length-one character vector representing the number of objects compared by each subject.

S

A length-one numeric vector representing the number of subjects.

family

A length-one character vector representing the type of data to analyze. Currently, it accepts only the 'binomial' value, but future developments will include the possibility to analyze continuous, multinomial and count data.

Author(s)

Sergio Venturini sergio.venturini@unicatt.it


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