Message-ID: <loom.20130228T044138-833@post.gmane.org>
Date: 2013-02-28T03:42:41Z
From: Ben Bolker
Subject: Dispersion parameter calculation for Poisson glmer
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.
Ben Bolker