ME.startvalues.bivariate: Obtain initials for random effects.

In davidbolin/ngme: Linear Mixed Effects Models With Flexible Distributions

Obtain initials for random effects.

Description

A function to obtain initial values for random effects for bivariate models.

Usage

ME.startvalues.bivariate(Y, mixedEffect_list)

Arguments

Y	A numeric list that contains outcome values.
mixedEffect_list	A list for random effects.

Details

The function treats random effects as fixed effects to obtain start values using ordinary least squares (OLS).

Value

Returns a list for the mixed effects. See e.g. mixedEffect_list in the "EstimateLong" function.

See Also

ngme

Examples

  ## Not run: 
  data(srft_data)
  ME.startvalues(...)
  
## End(Not run)

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