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Message-ID: <89eec506-6cc3-34a6-fad1-132bfdb9a18d@dewey.myzen.co.uk>
Date: 2022-03-22T13:25:46Z
From: Michael Dewey
Subject: [R-meta] Determining if an rma.mv model is singular
In-Reply-To: <CA+Tgogp=K8cgwt9d+ohvYctPqiHKz=eAHuzkw2Gpz=wtOc3t4Q@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Stefanou

Would it not be simplest just to fit the models and see what happens? 
You are not going to break anything.

Michael

On 22/03/2022 00:50, Stefanou Revesz wrote:
> Dear Wolfgang and list members,
> 
> Is there any function or code for rma.mv models that would work like
> lme4::isSingular()?
> 
> I ask this because, given a fixed number of moderators, I sometimes
> want to empirically explore how much room for adding random effects in
> rma.mv I have before my model becomes singular but I don't know how to
> do that.
> 
> Thank you so much,
> Stefanou
> 
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Michael
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