Re: lme for count data?

["Michael O'Connell" <moconnell@insightful.com>]

try glme() in the correlatedData library
 

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Subject: [S] lme for count data?


Hi,

I'd like to fit a mixed-effects model to my data. Pinheiro and Bates (2000)
write that "These models are intended for grouped data in which the response
variable is (at least approximately) continuous." My response variable is
count data with range from 0-4, mean 1.7, median 2.0, stdev 0.8, and an
approximately normal distribution. Can I use the lme function for this data?

Thank you,
A. Penner