VGAM (version 0.7-5)

model.matrixvlm: Construct the Design Matrix of a VLM Object

Description

Creates a design matrix. Two types can be returned: a large one (class "vlm" or one that inherits from this such as "vglm") or a small one (such as returned if it were of class "lm").

Usage

model.matrixvlm(object, type=c("vlm","lm"), ...)

Arguments

object

an object of a class that inherits from the vector linear model (VLM).

type

Type of design matrix returned. The first is the default.

...

further arguments passed to or from other methods. These include data (which is a data frame created with model.framevlm), contrasts.arg, and xlev.

Value

• The design matrix for a regression model with the specified formula and data.

Details

This function creates a design matrix from object. This can be a small LM object or a big VLM object (default). The latter is constructed from the former and the constraint matrices. This code implements smart prediction (see smartpred).

References

Yee, T. W. and Hastie, T. J. (2003) Reduced-rank vector generalized linear models. Statistical Modelling, 3, 15--41.

Chambers, J. M. (1992) Data for models. Chapter 3 of Statistical Models in S eds J. M. Chambers and T. J. Hastie, Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole.

See Also

model.matrix, model.framevlm, predict.vglm, smartpred.

Examples

# Illustrates smart prediction
data(pneumo)
pneumo = transform(pneumo, let=log(exposure.time))
fit = vglm(cbind(normal,mild, severe) ~ poly(c(scale(let)), 2),
           fam=multinomial,
           data=pneumo, trace=TRUE, x=FALSE)
class(fit)
fit@x
model.matrix(fit)

Check1 = model.matrix(fit, type="lm")[1:3,]
Check1
Check2 = model.matrix(fit, data=pneumo[1:3,], type="lm")
Check2
all.equal(c(Check1), c(Check2))

q0 = predict(fit)[1:3,]
q1 = predict(fit, newdata=pneumo)[1:3,]
q2 = predict(fit, newdata=pneumo[1:3,])
all.equal(q0, q1)  # Should be TRUE
all.equal(q1, q2)  # Should be TRUE