ns the deviance, i.e., the objective
 function for maximum (log) likelihood (ML).</p>
<p>For the REML objective function, use <code><a href="getME.html">getME</a>(fm, "devfun")</code>
 instead.</p>
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    <div class="sourceCode"><pre class="sourceCode r"><code><span class="r-in"><span><span class="va">m1</span> <span class="op">&lt;-</span> <span class="fu"><a href