corNatural.RdThis function is a constructor for the corNatural class,
representing a general correlation structure in the “natural”
parameterization, which is described under pdNatural.
Objects created using this constructor must later be
initialized using the appropriate Initialize method.
corNatural(value, form, fixed)an optional vector with the parameter values. Default is
numeric(0), which results in a vector of zeros of appropriate
dimension being assigned to the parameters when object is
initialized (corresponding to an identity correlation structure).
a one sided formula of the form ~ t, or ~ t |
g, specifying a time covariate t and, optionally, a
grouping factor g. A covariate for this correlation structure
must be integer valued. When a grouping factor is present in
form, the correlation structure is assumed to apply only
to observations within the same grouping level; observations with
different grouping levels are assumed to be uncorrelated. Defaults to
~ 1, which corresponds to using the order of the observations
in the data as a covariate, and no groups.
an optional logical value indicating whether the
coefficients should be allowed to vary in the optimization, or kept
fixed at their initial value. Defaults to FALSE, in which case
the coefficients are allowed to vary.
an object of class corNatural representing a general correlation
structure.
## covariate is observation order and grouping factor is Subject
cs1 <- corNatural(form = ~ 1 | Subject)
cs1 # Uninitialized ...
#> Uninitialized correlation structure of class corNatural
summary(Initialize(cs1, data = Orthodont))
#> Correlation Structure: General, with natural parametrization
#> Formula: ~1 | Subject
#> Parameter estimate(s):
#> Correlation:
#> 1 2 3
#> 2 0
#> 3 0 0
#> 4 0 0 0