Extract gls Object Groups

Usage

getGroups(object)

Arguments

object an object inheriting from class gls, representing a generalized least squares fitted linear model.

Description

If present, the grouping factor associated to the correlation structure for the linear model represented by object is extracted.

Value

if the linear model represented by object incorporates a correlation structure and the corresponding corStruct object has a grouping factor, a vector with the group values is returned; else, NULL is returned.

Author(s)

Jose Pinheiro and Douglas Bates

See Also

gls, corClasses

Examples

library(lme)
data(Ovary)
fm1 <- gls(follicles ~ sin(2*pi*Time) + cos(2*pi*Time), Ovary,
           correlation = corAR1(form = ~ 1 | Mare))
getGroups(fm1)


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