public static Covariate[] makeInitializedStandardCovariates() {
   final RecalibrationArgumentCollection RAC = new RecalibrationArgumentCollection();
   final Covariate[] covariates = new Covariate[4];
   covariates[0] = new ReadGroupCovariate();
   covariates[1] = new QualityScoreCovariate();
   covariates[2] = new ContextCovariate();
   covariates[3] = new CycleCovariate();
   for (Covariate cov : covariates) cov.initialize(RAC);
   return covariates;
 }