[R-sig-ME] Shape parameter for Gamma glmer?
Miranda Fix
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Thu Apr 28 23:32:12 CEST 2022
Hi,
My understanding is that one can obtain the Gamma shape parameter from a
glmer object, let's say "mod", by 1/sigma(mod)^2. In other words, 1 over
the dispersion. However, for a glm the dispersion is only a crude estimate
and there is a gamma.shape function in the MASS package to provide a better
estimate of the shape parameter. So my question is twofold:
1) Is sigma(mod)^2 a good estimate of the dispersion in the glmer case?
(i.e., is 1/sigma(mod)^2 a good estimate of the shape?)
2) If not, is there an equivalent of MASS::gamma.shape for a glmer object
instead of a glm object?
Thanks so much for your help!
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