code>deviance(object)</code></td><td>NA in <code>lme4</code></td></tr><tr><td>absolute</td><td><code>object@resp$aic()</code></td><td><code>-2*logLik(object)</code></td></tr></table><p>This table requires two caveats:</p>
<p></p><ul><li><p>If the link function involves a scale parameter
    (e.g. <code>Gamma</code>) then <code>object@resp$aic() - 2 * getME(object,
    "devcomp")$dims["useSc"]</code> is required for the absolute-conditional
    case.</p></li>
<li><p>If adaptive Gauss-Hermite quadrature is us