[R-sig-ME] Deviance tests and contrasts

[David Duffy]

>
> David's solution below will give me the main effect of sex, but
> will not tell me whether the sex effect is significant when the interaction
> is in the model.

Perhaps this is teaching one's grandmother how to suck eggs (not that I've 
actually ever sucked eggs ;)), but I was always told that it is pretty 
hard to interpret _significance_ of a main effect in the presence of an 
interaction.  I would think this doubly so in the presence of your random 
effects.

Cheers, David.

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