[R] lm: RME vs. ML

[John Sorkin]

windows XP
R 2.10

As pointed out by Prof. Venables and Ripley (MASS 4th edition, p275), the results obtained from lme using method="ML" and method="REML" are often different, especially for small datasets. Is there any way to determine which method is preferable for a given set of data?
Thanks,
john


John David Sorkin M.D., Ph.D.
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