Re: [R] glmmPQL and predict

2012-01-10 Thread Ben Bolker
Mike Harwood harwood262 at gmail.com writes: Is the labeling/naming of levels in the documentation for the predict.glmmPQL function backwards? The documentation states Level values increase from outermost to innermost grouping, with level zero corresponding to the population predictions.

Re: [R] glmmPQL and predict

2012-01-10 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
The whole of idea of 'level' in mixed models is confusing to some. Professor Snijders (who teaches our students) and Professor Bates label from opposite ends. But, assuming this is my work in package MASS (Master Harwood: it is childish, to put it mildly, to fail to give due credit), it

[R] glmmPQL and predict

2012-01-09 Thread Mike Harwood
Is the labeling/naming of levels in the documentation for the predict.glmmPQL function backwards? The documentation states Level values increase from outermost to innermost grouping, with level zero corresponding to the population predictions. Taking the sample in the documentation: fit -