From bolker at ufl.edu  Tue Nov  3 03:16:32 2009
From: bolker at ufl.edu (Ben Bolker)
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 02:16:32 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Rd] odd evaluation within correlation argument of glmmPQL
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Ben Bolker <bolker <at> ufl.edu> writes:

> > [snip example and patches]
>  The basic issue is that glmmPQL throws out data that are
> not involved in the fixed or random model terms, or in the offset
> term.  It doesn't save variables that are only found in the
> correlation formula argument.  It's hard to imagine how
> this behavior is anything other than a bug ... and the patch fixes it
> in a straightforward way.
> 

  Bumping again (sorry to nag, but it would seem a shame
for this to slip through the cracks).  Should I submit this as a bug?

   Ben Bolker



[Rd] odd evaluation within correlation argument of glmmPQL
Ben Bolker