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Latent Factor Mixed Models (LFMMs) are factor regression models. The lfmm2 function estimates latent factors based on an exact least-squares approach.

Usage

lfmm2_med(input, env, K, lambda = 1e-05, effect.sizes = FALSE)

Arguments

input

Continuous intermediary variables matrix encompassing potential mediators with n rows and p columns.

env

An explanatory variable matrix with n rows and d columns.

K

latent factor number

lambda

ridge penalization parameter

effect.sizes

true or false to obtain effect sizes

Value

an object with the following attributes U V

Author

Florence Pittion, Magali Richard, Olivier Francois

Examples

data(simu_data)
K = 5
mod.lfmm1 = lfmm2_med(input = simu_data$M1, 
env = simu_data$X_binary, 
K = K,
effect.sizes = FALSE)