alphaPhiDS: Computes the parameters alpha and phi

In datashield/dsBetaTest: New DataSHIELD Server Functions

Description

This function is called by the client function 'ds.gee' to calculate the parameters alpha and phi.

Usage

alphaPhiDS(data, formula, family, clusterID, corstr, startBetas)

Arguments

data	the input dataframe which contains the variable specified in the formula.
formula	a regression formula.
family	an object of class Family.
clusterID	the name of the column that holds the cluster IDs.
corstr	the correlation structure.
startBetas	a character, the starting values concatenated by comma because it is not possible to use 'c()' in aggregate functions.

Details

the parameters are calculated according to the correlation structure.

Value

a list

Author(s)

Gaye, A.; Jones EM.

datashield/dsBetaTest documentation built on Nov. 7, 2019, 5:40 p.m.