The Indonesian Children's Health Study data, corresponding to a cohort of 275 Indonesian children. The response variable is respiratory infection whilst potential predictors are age, indicator of vitamin A deficiency, sex, height, indicator of being stunted and the number of clinic visits for each child.
The fitting of a generalized additive mixed model in gammSlice via the core function gSlc entails various fitting options to be set to default values. The gScl.control function supports modification of these options.
Six types of generalized additive mixed model structures can be simulated. The user has the option to specify the response distribution and sample sizes.