DfSattHelper            Variance-Covariance Matrix of Fixed Effects as
                        Function of Covariance Parameter Estimates.
MPinv                   Moore-Penrose Inverse of a Matrix.
Orthodont               Orthodont dataset from R-package 'nlme'
SattDF                  Satterthwaite Approximation for Total Degrees
                        of Freedom and for Single Variance Components.
Trace                   Compute the Trace of a Matrix.
VCA-package             (V)ariance (C)omponent (A)nalysis.
VCAdata1                Simulated Data for Variance Component Analysis.
VCAinference            Inferential Statistics for VCA-Results.
anovaDF                 ANOVA Type-I Degrees of Freedom.
anovaMM                 ANOVA-Type Estimation of Mixed Models.
anovaVCA                ANOVA-Type Estimation of Variance Components
                        for Random Models.
as.matrix.VCA           Standard 'as.matrix' Method for 'VCA'
                        S3-Objects.
buildList               Build a Nested List.
coef.VCA                Extract Fixed Effects from 'VCA' Object.
dataEP05A2_1            Simulated Data of a CLSI EP05-A2 20/2/2
                        Experiment
dataEP05A2_2            Simulated Data of a CLSI EP05-A2 20/2/2
                        Experiment
dataEP05A2_3            Simulated Data of a CLSI EP05-A2 20/2/2
                        Experiment
dataEP05A2_example      Example Data from CLSI EP05-A2
dataEP05A3_MS_1         Simulated Data of a CLSI EP05-A3 3/5/5
                        Multi-Site Experiment
dataEP05A3_MS_2         Simulated Data of a CLSI EP05-A3 3/5/5
                        Multi-Site Experiment
dataEP05A3_MS_3         Simulated Data of a CLSI EP05-A3 3/5/5
                        Multi-Site Experiment
dataRS0003_1            Simulated Repeated Measurements Data.
dataRS0003_2            Simulated Repeated Measurements Data.
dataRS0003_3            Simulated Repeated Measurements Data.
dataRS0005_1            Simulated Data of 5/3 Experiment.
dataRS0005_2            Simulated Data of 5/3 Experiment.
dataRS0005_3            Simulated Data of 5/3 Experiment.
fixef                   Generic Method for Extracting Fixed Effects
                        from a Fitted Model.
fixef.VCA               Extract Fixed Effects from 'VCA' Object.
getAmatrix              Determine A-Matrix.
getCmatrix              Coefficient Matrix for (V)ariance (C)omponent
                        (A)nalysis.
getDDFM                 Degrees of Freedom for Testing Linear Contrast
                        of Fixed Effects and Least Square Means.
getDF                   Extract Degrees of Freedom from Linear
                        Hypotheses of Fixed Effects or LS Means.
getL                    Construct Linear Contrast Matrix for Hypothesis
                        Tests.
getMM                   Overparameterized Design Matrices.
getMat                  Extract a Specific Matrix from a 'VCA' Object.
getV                    Determine V-Matrix for a 'VCA' Object.
getVCvar                Covariance-Matrix of Variance Components.
isBalanced              Check Whether Design Is Balanced Or Not.
lsmMat                  Contrast Matrix for LS Means.
lsmeans                 Least Squares Means of Fixed Effects.
plotRandVar             Plot Random Variates of a Mixed Model ('VCA'
                        Object).
print.VCA               Standard Printing Method for Objects of Class
                        'VCA'.
print.VCAinference      Standard Print Method for Objects of Class
                        'VCAinference'.
ranef                   Generic Method for Extracting Random Effects
                        from a Fitted Model.
ranef.VCA               Extract Random Effects from 'VCA' Object.
realData                Real-World Data
residuals.VCA           Extract Residuals of a 'VCA' Object.
solveMM                 Solve Mixed Model Equations.
stepwiseVCA             Bottom-Up Step-Wise VCA-Analysis of the
                        Complete Dataset.
test.fixef              Perform t-Tests for Linear Contrasts on Fixed
                        Effects.
test.lsmeans            Perform t-Tests for Linear Contrasts on LS
                        Means.
varPlot                 Variability Chart for Hierarchical Models.
vcov.VCA                Calculate Variance-Covariance Matrix of Fixed
                        Effects for an 'VCA' Object.
vcovFixed               Calculate Variance-Covariance Matrix and
                        Standard Errors of Fixed Effects for an 'VCA'
                        Object.
vcovVC                  Calculate Variance-Covariance Matrix of
                        Variance Components of 'VCA' objects.
