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

[Phillip Alday]

For completeness, you can also get use getME(model, "beta") to get the 
fixed effects estimates as a simple, unnamed vector. :)

On 17/12/19 4:40 am, Rolf Turner wrote:
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> On 17/12/19 1:49 am, Voeten, C.C. wrote:
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>> 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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