Covariate function

Assign Covariate Values

This function is generic; method functions can be written to handle specific classes of objects. Classes which already have methods for this function include all "varFunc" classes, see varClasses .

covariate(object) <- value

Arguments

• object: any object with a covariate component.
• value: a value to be assigned to the covariate associated with object.

Returns

will depend on the method function; see the appropriate documentation.

Author(s)

José Pinheiro and Douglas Bates bates@stat.wisc.edu

See Also

covariate<-.varFunc, getCovariate