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\docType{methods}
\name{nullMatrix}
\alias{nullMatrix}
\alias{nullMatrix,deSet-method}
\alias{nullMatrix<-}
\alias{nullMatrix<-,deSet-method}
\title{Matrix representation of null model}
\usage{
nullMatrix(object)

nullMatrix(object) <- value

\S4method{nullMatrix}{deSet}(object)

\S4method{nullMatrix}{deSet}(object) <- value
}
\arguments{
\item{object}{\code{S4 object}: \code{\linkS4class{deSet}}}

\item{value}{\code{matrix}: null model matrix where columns are covariates
and rows are observations}
}
\value{
\code{nullMatrix} returns the value of the null model matrix.
}
\description{
These generic functions access and set the null matrix for
\code{\linkS4class{deSet}} object.
}
\examples{
# import data
library(splines)
data(kidney)
age <- kidney$age
sex <- kidney$sex
kidexpr <- kidney$kidexpr
cov <- data.frame(sex = sex, age = age)

# create models
null_model <- ~sex
full_model <- ~sex + ns(age, df = 4)

# create deSet object from data
de_obj <- build_models(data = kidexpr, cov = cov, null.model = null_model,
full.model = full_model)

# extract the null model as a matrix
mat_null <- nullMatrix(de_obj)

}
\author{
John Storey, Andrew Bass
}
\seealso{
\code{\linkS4class{deSet}}, \code{\link{fullModel}} and
\code{\link{fullModel}}
}