[R-sig-ME] MCMCglmm: Prior for Sir function

[Linus Holtermann]

Hello,

i am working with the wonderful MCMCglmm package in R. My models are hierarchical multilevel-models (two levels).
I incorporate the sir-function in my model and it works fine. The estimation results are reliable but a warning appears "Prior for sir not defined". How can i manage to specify a Prior for the sir function?


My second question is regarding the p-values for random effects in MCMC Setting. When estimating multilevel-models with ML Wald-Tests are often used to test if a random effect is significant. In a MCMC framework can I use p-values that are calculate in the same way as those for the fixed effects?


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Linus Holtermann
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