[R-sig-ME] [FORGED] warning error question

[Rolf Turner]

On 24/03/20 3:41 am, Anahí Fernández wrote:

> hi!! I run this model in lme4:
> "M.4=glm(Cuenta~carga*categ.asoc+(1|campo/foto)
>            +offset(log(area.foto)),family=poisson(link =
> "log"),data=tipocat)"
> And I have this warning message: "Warning message:
> In checkConv(attr(opt, "derivs"), opt$par, ctrl = control$checkConv,  :
>    Model failed to converge with max|grad| = 0.00432818 (tol = 0.001,
> component 1)"
> I don´t know what is that means, could you help me, please!!
> My datatable is attached...
> 
> Cheers, Anahí

(a) Since the function you invoke is glm() this would appear to be 
off-topic for r-sig-mixed-models.  OTOH your formula does indeed seem to 
involve random effects.  Did you *really* call glm()?  Or did you 
actually call glmer()?  If so you, you should be ashamed of yourself for 
such sloppiness in posing your question.  People are providing help out 
of the goodness of their hearts; don't impose on their good nature by 
expecting them to be telepathic.

(b) Assuming that you really did call glmer() --- my impression is that 
such warnings are usually false positives and may usually (???) be 
safely (???) ignored.  However I'm no expert; you should perhaps wait 
for confirmation of this from the more knowledgeable.

(c) Your "datatable" was *NOT* attached.  Most attachments get stripped 
by the system (for security reasons).  There are exceptions.  *READ* the 
posting guide, which you appear not to have done.

cheers,

Rolf Turner

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