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Testing significance of random effect in lme () and lmer ()

2 messages · R.S. Cotter, David Duffy

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On Tue, 24 Aug 2010, R.S. Cotter wrote:
Why would you give the value of the likelihood ratio test for lme but not 
lmer?  And the P-value, as mentioned recently here recently (and see Ben 
Bolker's http://glmm.wikidot.com/faq, and Fabian Scheipl's RLRsim package) 
is too conservative, though it won't matter here.

Cheers, David Duffy.