qcmodel.object {msm} | R Documentation |
Developer documentation: model for covariates on transition intensities
Description
A list representing the model for covariates on transition intensities
Value
npars |
Number of covariate effect parameters. This is defined as the number of covariates on intensities (with factors expanded as contrasts) multiplied by the number of allowed transitions in the model. Note if This also includes any |
ndpars |
Number of distinct covariate effect parameters, as
|
ncovs |
Number of covariates on intensities, with factors expanded as contrasts. |
constr |
List of equality constraints on these covariate
effects, as supplied in the |
covlabels |
Names / labels of these covariates in
the model matrix (see |
inits |
Initial
values for these covariate effects, as a vector formed from the
|
covmeans |
Means of these covariates in the data (excluding data not required to fit the model, such as observations with missing data in other elements or subjects' last observations). This includes means of 0/1 factor contrasts as well as continuous covariates (for historic reasons, which may not be sensible). |