[R-sig-ME] Question regarding glmer-function of R-package lme4

[Douglas Bates]

As far as I know the REML criterion is not defined for generalized
linear mixed models.  I have taken the liberty of copying the
R-SIG-Mixed-Models at R-project.org list on this response in case others
who read the list can offer suggestions.

On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Greb, Friederike
<fgreb at uni-goettingen.de> wrote:
> Dear Professor Bates,
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> I am currently working with generalized linear mixed models using your
> R-package lme4, in particular the glmer function. I need the value of the
> REML-function, but don’t really understand how to get it for a non-gaussian
> family. Is it possible to extract it from the output of a call to glmer (or
> lmer)? Thank you very much for your help!
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> Best regards,
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> Friederike Greb
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