Dispersion parameter calculation for Poisson glmer
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On 02/28/2013 04:42 PM, Ben Bolker wrote:
Rolf Turner <r.turner at ...> writes:
On 02/28/2013 11:57 AM, Douglas Bates wrote:
As you know, my opinion is that you can approximate it [the overdispersion
parameter] however you want
because it doesn't exist
I would like to nominate this as a fortune!
It's more likely to happen if you contact Achim Zeleis, the maintainer of the fortunes package ... I don't think he follows this list.
If you check my email I believe that you will find that I cc-ed Achim
Zeleis.
cheers,
Rolf