Using lmer in the lme4 package, you can compute the conditional variance-covariance matrix of the random effects using the bVar slot:
bVar: A list of the diagonal inner blocks (upper triangles only) of the positive-definite matrices on the diagonal of the inverse of ZtZ+Omega. With the appropriate scale factor (and conversion to a symmetric matrix) these are the conditional variance-covariance matrices of the random effects. Is there anything similar in the nlme package using the lme function? Rick B. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
