[R-sig-ME] Wald tests for glmer

[Ben Bolker]

Michael Allen <michael.allen at ...> writes:

> 
> Hello,
> In the Bolker et al. 2009 TREE paper, what is exactly meant by Wald t or F
> tests (e.g., in the flow chart)? Is this similar to the z tests for each
> parameter estimate provided in the "summary()" output? Can it be calculated
> from this? Is there a function available to perform it? Thank you.
> 


 PS I have posted a bit of new stuff on this subject in the "p values"
section of http://glmm.wikidot.com/faq