[R-sig-eco] AIC / BIC vs P-Values in lmer

[Ben Bolker]

Chris Mcowen <chrismcowen at ...> writes:

> 
> Hi Philip,
> 
> Thanks very much for this, i was completely unaware. I  have read various
papers using lmer to calculate the
> AIC statistic and none have mentioned this?
> 
> I have just run through a random section of my models with this correction,
however the AIC / BIC values are
> the same with the REML=F in and out?
> 
> Chris

  Try REML=FALSE instead ... ?  (You may have 'F' set to a value
in your workspace.)  Otherwise I would find it very odd that the
results are identical.