[R-sig-ME] Question regarding glmer in lme4

[Douglas Bates]

I suggest that you discuss this issue on the
R-SIG-Mixed-Models at R-project.org mailing list to which I have cc:'d
this reply.  Several people who read that list know more about
overdispersion than I do.

On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Asa Johannesen <bsaj at leeds.ac.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm a PhD student using a binomial glmer model and I added an observation level random effect to account for overdispersion (seeing as I can't use a quasi-family) and now my supervisor is asking me if I have a reference saying this is a good way of doing that. I only have the R-help file example, but that seems a bit slim. Could you perhaps point me in the right direction?
>
> Regards,
>
> Asa Johannesen