Man pages for lava
Latent Variable Models

addvarAdd variable to (model) object
backdoorBackdoor criterion
baptizeLabel elements of object
binomial.rdDefine constant risk difference or relative risk association...
blockdiagCombine matrices to block diagonal structure
bmdLongitudinal Bone Mineral Density Data (Wide format)
bmidataData
bootstrapGeneric bootstrap method
bootstrap.lvmCalculate bootstrap estimates of a lvm object
brisaSimulated data
ByApply a Function to a Data Frame Split by Factors
calciumLongitudinal Bone Mineral Density Data
cancelGeneric cancel method
c.estimateConcatenate estimate objects
childrenExtract children or parent elements of object
clickIdentify points on plot
closed_testingClosed testing procedure
ColGenerate a transparent RGB color
colorbarAdd color-bar to plot
CombineReport estimates across different models
commutationFinds the unique commutation matrix
compareStatistical tests
complikComposite Likelihood for probit latent variable models
confbandAdd Confidence limits bar to plot
confint.lvmfitCalculate confidence limits for parameters
confpredConformal prediction
constrain-setAdd non-linear constraints to latent variable model
contrCreate contrast matrix
correlationGeneric method for extracting correlation coefficients of...
covarianceAdd covariance structure to Latent Variable Model
csplitSplit data into folds
c.summary.estimateConcatenate summary.estimate objects
curlyAdds curly brackets to plot
deprdiag50 patients from Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne
devcoordsReturns device-coordinates and plot-region
diagtestCalculate diagnostic tests for 2x2 table
dsep.lvmCheck d-separation criterion
equivalenceIdentify candidates of equivalent models
estimate.arrayEstimate parameters and influence function.
estimate.defaultInfluence function based inference
estimate.formulaEstimate method for formulas
estimate.glmEstimate method for GLM objects
estimate.listEstimate method for lists
estimate.lvmEstimation of parameters in a Latent Variable Model (lvm)
estimate-subsetSubset parameter of estimate object
eventTimeAdd an observed event time outcome to a latent variable...
ExpandCreate a Data Frame from All Combinations of Factors
expectationMean of (estimated) function via g-computation
fplotfplot
getSASRead SAS output
gofExtract model summaries and GOF statistics for model object
GraphExtract graph
GrepFinds elements in vector or column-names in data.frame/matrix
hubbleHubble data
hubble2Hubble data
IC.defaultExtract influence function from model object
iidExtract i.i.d. decomposition from model object
imagesOrganize several image calls (for visualizing categorical...
index-lvmExtract the parameter indicies of a lvm object
index-methodGeneric method for extract index of an object
indoorenvData
informationExtract information matrix
interceptFix mean parameters in 'lvm'-object
internalFor internal use
intervention.lvmDefine intervention
InverseGeneralized matrix inverse
ksmooth2Plot/estimate surface
labels-setDefine labels of graph
lava.optionsSet global options for 'lava'
lava-packagelava: Latent Variable Models
lvmInitialize new latent variable model
makemissingCreate random missing data
measurement_errorTwo-stage (non-linear) measurement error
merge.estimateMerge estimate objects
MissingMissing value generator
missingdataMissing data example
mixtureEstimate mixture latent variable model.
ModelExtract model
modelsearchModel searching
multinomialEstimate probabilities in contingency table
mvnmixEstimate mixture latent variable model
NA2xConvert to/from NA
na.pass0Handle Missing Values in Objects
nldataExample data (nonlinear model)
normcdfNormal distribution
NRNewton-Raphson method
nsemExample SEM data (nonlinear)
op_concatConcatenation operator
op_matchMatching operator (x not in y) oposed to the '%in%'-operator...
ordinal-setDefine variables as ordinal
ordregUnivariate cumulative link regression models
pairwise_diffPairwise parameter differences
parposGeneric method for finding indeces of model parameters
partialcorCalculate partial correlations
pathExtract pathways in model graph
pcorPolychoric correlation
PDDose response calculation for binomial regression models
pdfconvertConvert pdf to raster format
plotConfPlot regression lines
plot.estimatePlot method for 'estimate' objects
plot.lvmPlot path diagram
plot.simPlot method for simulation 'sim' objects
predict_glmPredict from a GLM with modified coefficients
predictlvmPredict function for latent variable models
predict.lvmPrediction in structural equation models
PrintGeneric print method
Range.lvmDefine range constraints of parameters
rbind.SurvAppending 'Surv' objects
regression-setAdd regression association to latent variable model
revdiagCreate/extract 'reverse'-diagonal matrix or off-diagonal...
rmvarRemove variables from (model) object.
rotate2Performs a rotation in the plane
scheffeCalculate simultaneous confidence limits by Scheffe's method
scoreExtract score function
semdataExample SEM data
serotoninSerotonin data
sim.defaultMonte Carlo simulation
sim.lvmSimulate model
spaghettiSpaghetti plot
stack.estimateStack estimating equations
subset.lvmExtract subset of latent variable model
summary.estimateSummary of estimate objects
summary.simSummary method for 'sim' objects
timedepTime-dependent parameters
toformulaConverts strings to formula
trTrace operator
trimTrim string of (leading/trailing/all) white spaces
twindataTwin menarche data
twostageTwo-stage estimator
twostageCVCross-validated two-stage estimator
twostage.lvmfitTwo-stage estimator (non-linear SEM)
var_icVariance based on influence function
varsExtract variable names from latent variable model
vecvec operator
waitWait for user input (keyboard or mouse)
wkmWeighted K-means
wrapvecWrap vector
zibregRegression model for binomial data with unkown group of...
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