[R-sig-ME] help with glmer

[Steve Candy]

Hi Sachiin

I do not understand why "time" is included as an offset and even before
that what the variable "number of years" refers to. An offset does not
allow any scaling by a corresponding regression coefficient so you have to
be very careful  to determine whether a predictor variable can validly be
included as an offset.

cheers

Steve

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