\name{expectation-methods}
\docType{methods}
\alias{expectation}
\alias{expectation-methods}
\alias{expectation,IndependenceTest-method}
\alias{expectation,IndependenceLinearStatistic-method}
\alias{covariance}
\alias{covariance-methods}
\alias{covariance,CovarianceMatrix-method}
\alias{covariance,IndependenceTest-method}
\alias{covariance,IndependenceLinearStatistic-method}
\alias{variance}
\alias{variance-methods}
\alias{variance,Variance-method}
\alias{variance,CovarianceMatrix-method}
\alias{variance,IndependenceTest-method}
\alias{variance,IndependenceLinearStatistic-method}
\title{ Extract the Expectation and Variance / Covariance of Linear Statistics }
\description{

  Extracts the conditional expectation and covariance 
  for linear statistics from objects inheriting from "IndependenceTest".

}
\usage{
expectation(object, ...)
covariance(object, ...)
variance(object, ...)
}
\arguments{
  \item{object}{an object inheriting from class
    \code{\link{IndependenceTest-class}}.}
  \item{\dots}{further arguments (currently ignored).}
}
\section{Methods}{
  \describe{
    \item{expectation}{extracts the expectation of the linear 
      statistic of \code{object}.}
    \item{covariance}{extracts the covariance of the linear 
      statistic of \code{object}.}
    \item{variance}{extracts the variance of the linear 
      statistic of \code{object}.}
  }
}
\examples{

  df <- data.frame(y = gl(3, 2), x = gl(3, 2)[sample(1:6)])

  ### Cochran-Mantel-Haenzel Test
  ct <- cmh_test(y ~ x, data = df)
 
  ### the linear statistic, i.e, the contingency table
  l <- statistic(ct, type = "linear")
  l

  ### expectation
  El <- expectation(ct)
  El

  ### covariance
  Vl <- covariance(ct)
  Vl

  ### the standardized contingency table (hard way)
  (l - El) / sqrt(variance(ct))

  ### easy way
  statistic(ct, type = "standardized")

}
\keyword{methods}