Residual variance random effect GLMM

Dear Sara,

Unlike a linear model, generalised linear models don't have a residual
variance. A linear model assumes a Gaussian distribution with two
parameters: mean and standard error which are independent. Generalised
linear models use distributions how dependent on only one parameter
(binomial, Poisson). Mean and variance of those distributions are defined
by the same parameter. In case a generalised linear model uses a two
parameter distribution (e.g. negative binomial), still the mean and
variance are influenced by a common parameter (mean = mu, var = mu + mu ^ 2
/theta).

Best regards,

ir. Thierry Onkelinx
Instituut voor natuur- en bosonderzoek / Research Institute for Nature and
Forest
team Biometrie & Kwaliteitszorg / team Biometrics & Quality Assurance
Kliniekstraat 25
1070 Anderlecht
Belgium

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2016-06-18 17:30 GMT+02:00 Fraixedas, Sara <sara.fraixedas at helsinki.fi>:

Dear all,

I want to calculate the percentage variance explained by a random effect
in a GLMM fitted using the "glmmADMB" package. For that I would need to
know what is the residual variance but it is not given in
"VarCorr.glmmadmb" or in the summary output command.

How can I extract the residual variance from a random effect in this
particular case?

Thank you in advance,


Sara Fraixedas
Doctoral Student
The Helsinki Lab of Ornithology (HelLO) Finnish Museum of Natural
History P.O. Box 17
00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
Tel. +358-9-19128851

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