predict.glmmTMB: prediction

In glmmTMB: Generalized Linear Mixed Models using Template Model Builder

prediction

Description

prediction

Usage

## S3 method for class 'glmmTMB'
predict(
  object,
  newdata = NULL,
  newparams = NULL,
  se.fit = FALSE,
  cov.fit = FALSE,
  re.form = NULL,
  allow.new.levels = FALSE,
  type = c("link", "response", "conditional", "zprob", "zlink", "disp"),
  zitype = NULL,
  na.action = na.pass,
  fast = NULL,
  debug = FALSE,
  ...
)

Arguments

object	a glmmTMB object
newdata	new data for prediction
newparams	new parameters for prediction
se.fit	return the standard errors of the predicted values?
cov.fit	return the covariance matrix of the predicted values?
re.form	NULL to specify individual-level predictions; ~0 or NA to specify population-level predictions (i.e., setting all random effects to zero)
allow.new.levels	allow previously unobserved levels in random-effects variables? see details.
type	Denoting mu as the mean of the conditional distribution and p as the zero-inflation probability, the possible choices are: "link" conditional mean on the scale of the link function, or equivalently the linear predictor of the conditional model "response" expected value; this is mu*(1-p) for zero-inflated models and mu otherwise "conditional" mean of the conditional response; mu for all models (i.e., synonymous with "response" in the absence of zero-inflation "zprob" the probability of a structural zero (returns 0 for non-zero-inflated models) "zlink" predicted zero-inflation probability on the scale of the logit link function (returns -Inf for non-zero-inflated models) "disp" dispersion parameter however it is defined for that particular family as described in sigma.glmmTMB
zitype	deprecated: formerly used to specify type of zero-inflation probability. Now synonymous with type
na.action	how to handle missing values in newdata (see na.action); the default (na.pass) is to predict NA
fast	predict without expanding memory (default is TRUE if newdata and newparams are NULL and population-level prediction is not being done)
debug	(logical) return the TMBStruc object that will be used internally for debugging?
...	unused - for method compatibility

Details

• To compute population-level predictions for a given grouping variable (i.e., setting all random effects for that grouping variable to zero), set the grouping variable values to NA. Finer-scale control of conditioning (e.g. allowing variation among groups in intercepts but not slopes when predicting from a random-slopes model) is not currently possible.

• Prediction of new random effect levels is possible as long as the model specification (fixed effects and parameters) is kept constant. However, to ensure intentional usage, a warning is triggered if allow.new.levels=FALSE (the default).

• Prediction using "data-dependent bases" (variables whose scaling or transformation depends on the original data, e.g. poly, ns, or poly) should work properly; however, users are advised to check results extra-carefully when using such variables. Models with different versions of the same data-dependent basis type in different components (e.g. formula= y ~ poly(x,3), dispformula= ~poly(x,2)) will probably not produce correct predictions.

Examples

data(sleepstudy,package="lme4")
g0 <- glmmTMB(Reaction~Days+(Days|Subject),sleepstudy)
predict(g0, sleepstudy)
## Predict new Subject
nd <- sleepstudy[1,]
nd$Subject <- "new"
predict(g0, newdata=nd, allow.new.levels=TRUE)
## population-level prediction
nd_pop <- data.frame(Days=unique(sleepstudy$Days),
                     Subject=NA)
predict(g0, newdata=nd_pop)

glmmTMB documentation built on Oct. 7, 2023, 5:07 p.m.