fitted.lmeStruct: Calculate lmeStruct Fitted Values
Description
The fitted values at level $i$ are obtained by adding together the
population fitted values (based only on the fixed effects estimates)
and the estimated contributions of the random effects to the fitted
values at grouping levels less or equal to $i$. The resulting
values estimate the best linear unbiased predictions (BLUPs) at level
$i$.Usage
## S3 method for class 'lmeStruct':
fitted(object, level, conLin, lmeFit)
Value
if a single level of grouping is specified in level,
the returned value is a vector with the fitted values at the desired
level; else, when multiple grouping levels are specified in
level, the returned object is a matrix with
columns given by the fitted values at different levels.References
Bates, D.M. and Pinheiro, J.C. (1998) "Computational methods for
multilevel models" available in PostScript or PDF formats at
http://franz.stat.wisc.edu/pub/NLME/