[R-sig-ME] Struggle with glmer().

[Rolf Turner]

On 17/07/17 00:14, Anthony R. Ives wrote:
> Rolf,
> 
> To make sure somebody speaks to you … but probably no big India
> rubber ball [1].
> 
> I tried your code with the "nAGQ=0" option, and it fit quickly. The
> "non-converged" fit under the default was very similar for the point
> estimates of the fixed effects. Ben should confirm this, but in my
> experience the nAGQ=0 option is normally pretty good, and it also
> handles pathological cases when the random effects estimates
> explode.
Dear Tony,

Wow.  That does indeed seem to me to be a big red India rubber ball!!!
Rapid fit, and the ominous warnings go away.

I tried it with the real data --- likewise rapid fit and no warnings.
Haven't done any thorough checking of results yet, but it sure looks 
like progress to me.

Thanks hugely!

cheers,

Rolf

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