df.residual               package:base               R Documentation

Residual Degrees-of-Freedom

Description:

     Returns the residual degrees-of-freedom extracted from a fitted
     model object.

Usage:

     df.residual(object, ...)

Arguments:

  object: an object for which the degrees-of-freedom are desired.

     ...: additional optional arguments.

Details:

     This is a generic function which can be used to extract residual
     degrees-of-freedom for fitted models.  Consult the individual
     modeling functions for details details on how to use this
     function.

     The default method just extracts the `df.residual' component.

Value:

     The value of the residual degrees-of-freedom extracted from the
     object `x'.

See Also:

     `deviance', `glm', `lm'.

