logDet                 package:lme4                 R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Return the logarithm of the determinant of an object of a suitable
     class.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     logDet(object, covariate = getCovariate(object), ...)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

  object: An object of a suitable class.

covariate: Optionally, a covariate vector

     ...: Some methods may have optional arguments.

_V_a_l_u_e:

     A numeric value: the logarithm of the determinant of the matrix
     represented by `object'.

