coxme (version 2.1-1)

expand.nested: Expand nested factors

Description

Expand out the data frame for a nested factor such as (1| a/b). This is used by the variance function routines of coxme.

Usage

expand.nested(x)

Arguments

x

A data frame containing the nesting variables

Value

• an updated data frame

Details

The initialize function of a coxme variance family is passed, as one of its arguments, a data frame G containing the grouping variables, each of which is a factor.. Assume a nested factor (1| a/b) in the model formula and a data set whose first few rows are: a b 1 1 1 2 2 1 The function will replace the second column with a variable named a/b and values of 1/1, 1/2, 2/1, etc.

See Also

coxme, coxmeMlist