Dim.corStruct {nlme} | R Documentation

## Dimensions of a corStruct Object

### Description

if `groups` is missing, it returns the `Dim` attribute of `object`; otherwise, calculates the dimensions associated with the grouping factor.

### Usage

    ## S3 method for class 'corStruct'
    Dim(object, groups, ...)

### Arguments

`object` | an object inheriting from class `"corStruct"`, representing a correlation structure.
`groups` | an optional factor defining the grouping of the observations; observations within a group are correlated and observations in different groups are uncorrelated.
`...` | some methods for this generic require additional arguments. None are used in this method.

### Value

a list with components:

`N` | length of `groups`
`M` | number of groups
`maxLen` | maximum number of observations in a group
`sumLenSq` | sum of the squares of the number of observations per group
`len` | an integer vector with the number of observations per group
`start` | an integer vector with the starting position for the observations in each group, beginning from zero

### Author(s)

José Pinheiro and Douglas Bates bates@stat.wisc.edu

### See Also

`Dim`, `Dim.corSpatial`

### Examples

    Dim(corAR1(), getGroups(Orthodont))

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