Message-ID: <loom.20111213T203357-209@post.gmane.org>
Date: 2011-12-13T19:42:00Z
From: Ben Bolker
Subject: mcmcsamp() with gamma response and log link function in lmer
Ruth Kelly <ruthkelly123 at ...> writes:
> Is it possible to use mcmcsamp() in lme4 after fitting a model with a gamma
> response variable and a log link function?
I don't think so.
> Is there another package I could use to run the mcmc for this?
You can try running glmmadmb() from the glmmADMB
package with mcmc=TRUE ...
best_fm_bio <- glmmadmb(Bio ~ P_pca +(1|Site), family = "Gamma",
link = "log", mcmc=TRUE)
this hasn't been very thoroughly tested or documented, so do
e-mail me if you run into trouble.
Ben Bolker