Re: [R] degrees of freedom and random effects in lmer

2008-01-16 Thread Douglas Bates
I suggest this discussion be moved to the R-SIG-mixed-models mailing list which I am cc:ing on this reply. Please delete the R-help mailing list from replies to this message. On Jan 16, 2008 11:44 AM, Feldman, Tracy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear All, > > > > I used lmer for data with non-norm

[R] degrees of freedom and random effects in lmer

2008-01-16 Thread Feldman, Tracy
Dear All, I used lmer for data with non-normally distributed error and both fixed and random effects. I tried to calculate a "Type III" sums of squares result, by I conducting likelihood ratio tests of the full model against a model reduced by one variable at a time (for each variable separate