[R-sig-ME] singular fit

[Thierry Onkelinx]

Dear Jill,

Can you share the model formula and the design of your experiment? It's
hard to answer your question without such basic information.

Best regards,

ir. Thierry Onkelinx
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Op do 2 jan. 2020 om 06:47 schreef Jill Brouwer <jilbo97 using gmail.com>:

> Hi all,
>
> I have fitted a GLMM using glmer in lme4, and when I run the model it comes
> out with a singular fit warning.
>
> However when I ran the isSingular command on it and changed the tolerance
> to 1e-05 instead of the default 1e-04 that caused the original warning, it
> comes out as false - no singular fit warning!
>
> Does this mean that the first warning is a false positive?
> I can't find anything that suggests what the tolerance ratio should be but
> in the GLMM FAQ on github, the troubleshooting example uses 1e-05.
>
> Is it fine to stay with this model - I would prefer it to include all the
> random effects as they are all of interest to me, and the model itself is
> structured based on how I ran my experiment.
>
> Sorry if this is a basic question, I am still learning!
>
> Kind regards,
> Jill
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