[R-sig-ME] Using lmer in survival

Ben Bolker bbolker at gmail.com
Mon Jan 23 17:41:16 CET 2012


Szymek Drobniak <geralttee at ...> writes:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> Try using MCMCglmm - it fits zero-inflated binomial models. Just be
> careful with priors - you might have big separation in your data so
> use appropriate priors for fixed effects (see Jarrod Hadfiel's Course
> Notes for details). you could also try vgam library (as far as I know
> vglm fits zero-inflated binomial models but I haven't use it yet).
> 

  glmmADMB is also a possibility.
  I would consider carefully whether you really need zero-inflation --
remember that not all zero-rich data sets are actually zero-inflated.
  The blme package might also be useful for strongly separated data
sets.




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