[R-sig-ME] non-normal dependent variable

[David Duffy]

On Sun, 27 Jan 2013, Iasonas Lamprianou wrote:

> Dear all, I am running an lmer model using repeated measures (scores on 
> various school subjects) per student as a dependent variable. The 
> students are a random effect. My problem is that the dependent variable 
> is not beatifully normal (there seems to be a ceiling effect).

The lmec package may do the trick.