[R-sig-eco] AIC / BIC in lmer and glmer
Chris Howden
chris at trickysolutions.com.au
Fri Aug 6 02:26:15 CEST 2010
Better to be safe than sorry.
And I for one am glad u mentioned it. It's they type of knowledge one
might not pick up when using R to fit a mixed model for the first time.
It's certainly something I'll be keeping in mind should I ever use R for
mixed models!!!
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[mailto:r-sig-ecology-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Philip Dixon
Sent: Friday, 6 August 2010 7:32 AM
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Subject: [R-sig-eco] AIC / BIC in lmer and glmer
My apologies to the list. My e-mail this morning about interpreting AIC
in lmer() was off-target. I did not notice that Chris's call to lmer()
included family = binomial, which means the actual estimation is done by
glmer(). glmer() ignores the REML= argument. glmer() only does
approximate ML. In a generalized linear model, AIC is reasonable to
compare models with different fixed effects. My caution is appropriate
only for models with gaussian errors.
I get the daily burst from the list. If others have already pointed out
the difference between glmer() and lmer(), thank you!
Philip Dixon
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