Assign Covariate Values

This function is generic; method functions can be written to handle specific classes of objects. Classes which already have methods for this function include all "varFunc" classes, see ‘varClasses’.

covariate(object) <- value

Arguments

object

any object with a covariate component.

value

a value to be assigned to the covariate associated with object.

Value

will depend on the method function; see the appropriate documentation.

Author

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

See also

covariate<-.varFunc, getCovariate