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$\begingroup$ is right that this doesn't seem to make much sense in a linear setting, but it can be very useful in Poisson regression. I'll see if I can track down a link to something Ben Bolker said on the subject (he's one of the developers of lme4, along with Doug Bates). $\endgroup$

David J. Harris
– David J. Harris

2013-07-24 21:33:28 +00:00
Commented Jul 24, 2013 at 21:33
$\begingroup$ Yeah, as I said probably I am biased thinking about LMM's mostly and I was commenting on the "conceptual part". I explained why this works in the case of glmer anyway though (despite not being overly happy with it). $\endgroup$

usεr11852
– usεr11852

2013-07-24 21:59:28 +00:00
Commented Jul 24, 2013 at 21:59

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