[R] update on mcmcsamp for glmer

I've searched the help archives of both lists and apologize if I missed the answer to my question: Is there an update on developing mcmcsamp for glmer? I'm using R v. 2.7.2 (on our Unix server - will hopefully be updated soon) and 2.8.1 on my PC and get the message for both: gm1 <- glmer(cbind

[R] error message and convergence issues in fitting glmer in package lme4

d=number > of fastfood places per 100,000 people in the county, and a county random > effect. > > If I leave out fastfood, the model gets at least fitted - although it doesn't > converge (yet): > > Warning message: > In mer_finalize(ans) : false convergence (8)

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Hello, I'm trying to fit a generalized linear mixed model to estimate diabetes prevalence at US county level. To do this I'm using the glmer() function in package lme4. I can fit relatively simple models (i.e. few covariates) but when expanding the number of covariates I usually encounter the f