a frame in the format of the variance data frame returned by lme4.</p></dd>

<dt>varVC</dt>
<dd><p>the variance-covariance matrix of the random effects.</p></dd>

<dt>cov_mat</dt>
<dd><p>the variance-covariance matrix of the fixed effects.</p></dd>

<dt>var_theta</dt>
<dd><p>the variance covariance matrix of the theta terms.</p></dd>

<dt>wgtStats</dt>
<dd><p>statistics regarding weights, by level.</p></dd>

<dt>ranefMat</dt>
<dd><p>list of matrixes; each list element is a matrix of random effects by level 