[R-sig-ME] Residual Variance or Dispersion of Gamma GLMER

[Highland Statistics Ltd]

Using glmmTMB, it is:

r  <- 1 / (summary(M1)$sigma^2)

I guess it is the same in lme4. Note that this is the r as in:

var(Y) = mu^2 / r


Alain



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1. Beginner's Guide to Spatial, Temporal and Spatial-Temporal Ecological Data Analysis with R-INLA. (2017).
2. Beginner's Guide to Zero-Inflated Models with R (2016).
3. Beginner's Guide to Data Exploration and Visualisation with R (2015).
4. Beginner's Guide to GAMM with R (2014).
5. Beginner's Guide to GLM and GLMM with R (2013).
6. Beginner's Guide to GAM with R (2012).
7. Zero Inflated Models and GLMM with R (2012).
8. A Beginner's Guide to R (2009).
9. Mixed effects models and extensions in ecology with R (2009).
10. Analysing Ecological Data (2007).