nlme (version 3.1-86)

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, \dots)

Arguments

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/

See Also

lme, fitted.lme, residuals.lmeStruct