>>>>> Iago >>>>> on Thu, 17 Nov 2022 11:53:31 +0100 writes:
> Thank you Martin, > Regarding my question about `terms`, I meant the `terms` component of > the `lme` output. For example, for > fm1 <- lme(distance ~ age, data = Orthodont) > I can see through str(fm1), the next: > $ terms :Classes 'terms', 'formula' language distance ~ age > .. ..- attr(*, "variables")= language list(distance, age) > .. ..- attr(*, "factors")= int [1:2, 1] 0 1 > .. .. ..- attr(*, "dimnames")=List of 2 > .. .. .. ..$ : chr [1:2] "distance" "age" > .. .. .. ..$ : chr "age" > .. ..- attr(*, "term.labels")= chr "age" > .. ..- attr(*, "order")= int 1 > .. ..- attr(*, "intercept")= int 1 > .. ..- attr(*, "response")= int 1 > .. ..- attr(*, ".Environment")=<environment: R_GlobalEnv> > .. ..- attr(*, "predvars")= language list(distance, age) > .. ..- attr(*, "dataClasses")= Named chr [1:2] "numeric" "numeric" > .. .. ..- attr(*, "names")= chr [1:2] "distance" "age" > However, there is no paragraph for this component among those in > ?lmeObject (in the Value section) as there is for fixDF, apVar, call, > etc.. If not needed, I assume the explanation would be that `terms` does > not need to be included in a legitimate ´"lme"´ object'. > Kind regards, > Iago I see; now I understand what you meant. I've taken time to check and found that the 'terms' part *is* needed, even though not for the simplest methods such as summary(), residuals(), .. and so have added it to the ?lmeObject help page for the next version of nlme. Thank you, Iago! Best, Martin ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.