[R-sig-ME] lmer/glmer standard error interpretation and visualization

[Ben Bolker]

Ben Bolker <bbolker at ...> writes:

> 
> Colin Wahl <biowahl at ...> writes:
> 
>   This is not an lmer issue, this is a general issue with generalized
> linear models, or any other model that works on a transformed scale
> and for which one wants to backtransform the parameters.

 PS  this is why epidemiologists spend so much time learning about
odds ratios and log-odds -- you can back-transform from logit effects
to odds-ratio effects, but once you get there there's just not any
perfect way to transform back to a probability scale in a way that
is completely general ... http://lesswrong.com/lw/8lr/logodds_or_logits/