makeGlmer {simr}

Create an artificial mixed model object

Description

Make a merMod object with the specified structure and parameters.

Usage

makeGlmer(formula, family, fixef, VarCorr, data)

makeLmer(formula, fixef, VarCorr, sigma, data)

Arguments

formula

a formula describing the model (see glmer).

family

type of response variable (see family).

fixef

vector of fixed effects

VarCorr

variance and covariances for random effects. If there are multiple random effects, supply their parameters as a list.

data

data.frame of explanatory variables.

sigma

residual standard deviation.