[R] glmmPQL help

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Mon, 17 Jul 2006, Zython wrote:

> 
> I need to use the glmmPQL function for an assignment, but when I call for the
> summary of the function, it gives the AIC a value of NA. How do I get R to
> give me the AIC value?

You did!

Hint: have you read the reference of which this is part of the support 
software?  If so you will know that you need a maximized likelihood to 
evaluate AIC, and your fit is not an MLE.

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