[R-sig-ME] Is there a way to deal with errors such as this?

[Rolf Turner]

On 17/12/19 1:49 am, Voeten, C.C. wrote:

> Hi Rolf,
> 
> 'theta' is the vector of random-effect parameters, obtained by
> getME(model,'theta'). I'm sure someone more knowledgeable than I can
> tell you their exact definition - I thought they are the entries of
> the lower Cholesky factor of the random-effects design matrix scaled
> by the model's residual error, but I may have gotten a few things
> mixed up here. 'fixef' is indeed just fixef(model).

That's great.  Thanks hugely.  The "getME(model,'theta')" bit was what I 
really needed to know (and no clue how to find).

Thanks again.

cheers,

Rolf

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