lme4 (version 0.95-1)

ranef: Extract Random Effects

Description

A generic function to extract, and optionally accumulate, the random effects.

Usage

ranef(object, accumulate, ...)
random.effects(object, ...)   # deprecated

Arguments

object

an object of a class from which random effects estimates can be extracted.

accumulate

an optional logical argument indicating if the random effects for nested grouping factors should be accumulated.

...

some methods for this generic function require additional arguments.

Value

• a list of matrices.

Examples

ranef(lmer(decrease ~ treatment + (1|rowpos) + (1|colpos),
             OrchardSprays))