VGAM (version 1.1-4)

Rank: Rank

Description

Returns the rank of reduced-rank regression-type models in the VGAM package.

Usage

Rank(object, …)
    Rank.rrvglm(object, …)
    Rank.qrrvglm(object, …)
    Rank.rrvgam(object, …)

Arguments

object

Some VGAM object, for example, having class rrvglm-class. The class vglm-class is not included since this is not based on reduced-rank regression.

…

Other possible arguments fed into the function later (used for added flexibility for the future).

Value

Returns an integer value, provided the rank of the model makes sense.

Details

Regression models based on reduced-rank regression have a quantity called the rank, which is 1 or 2 or 3 etc. The smaller the value the more dimension reduction, so that there are fewer parameters. This function was not called rank() to avoid conflict with rank.

See Also

RR-VGLMs are described in rrvglm-class; QRR-VGLMs are described in qrrvglm-class.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
pneumo <- transform(pneumo, let = log(exposure.time),
                            x3  = runif(nrow(pneumo)))
(fit1 <- rrvglm(cbind(normal, mild, severe) ~ let + x3,
                acat, data = pneumo))
coef(fit1, matrix = TRUE)
constraints(fit1)
Rank(fit1)
# }