vars function

Extract variable names from latent variable model

Extract exogenous variables (predictors), endogenous variables (outcomes), latent variables (random effects), manifest (observed) variables from a lvm object.

vars(x,...)

endogenous(x,...)

exogenous(x,...)

manifest(x,...)

latent(x,...)

## S3 replacement method for class 'lvm'
exogenous(x, xfree = TRUE,...) <- value

## S3 method for class 'lvm'
exogenous(x,variable,latent=FALSE,index=TRUE,...)

## S3 replacement method for class 'lvm'
latent(x,clear=FALSE,...) <- value

Arguments

• x: lvm-object
• ...: Additional arguments to be passed to the low level functions
• variable: list of variables to alter
• latent: Logical defining whether latent variables without parents should be included in the result
• index: For internal use only
• clear: Logical indicating whether to add or remove latent variable status
• xfree: For internal use only
• value: Formula or character vector of variable names.

Returns

Vector of variable names.

Details

vars returns all variables of the lvm-object including manifest and latent variables. Similarily manifest and latent

returns the observered resp. latent variables of the model. exogenous returns all manifest variables without parents, e.g. covariates in the model, however the argument latent=TRUE can be used to also include latent variables without parents in the result. Pr. default lava will not include the parameters of the exogenous variables in the optimisation routine during estimation (likelihood of the remaining observered variables conditional on the covariates), however this behaviour can be altered via the assignment function exogenous<- telling lava which subset of (valid) variables to condition on. Finally latent returns a vector with the names of the latent variables in x. The assigment function latent<- can be used to change the latent status of variables in the model.

Examples

g <- lvm(eta1 ~ x1+x2)
regression(g) <- c(y1,y2,y3) ~ eta1
latent(g) <- ~eta1
endogenous(g)
exogenous(g)
identical(latent(g), setdiff(vars(g),manifest(g)))

See Also

endogenous, manifest, latent, exogenous, vars

Author(s)

Klaus K. Holst