logLik.lme {nlme}R Documentation

Log-Likelihood of an lme Object

Description

If REML=FALSE, returns the log-likelihood value of the linear mixed-effects model represented by object evaluated at the estimated coefficients; else, the restricted log-likelihood evaluated at the estimated coefficients is returned.

Usage

logLik(object, REML)

Arguments

object an object inheriting from class lme, representing a fitted linear mixed-effects model.
REML an optional logical value. If TRUE the restricted log-likelihood is returned, else, if FALSE, the log-likelihood is returned. Defaults to FALSE.

Value

the (restricted) log-likelihood of the linear mixed-effects model represented by object evaluated at the estimated coefficients.

Author(s)

Jose Pinheiro and Douglas Bates

References

Harville, D.A. (1974) "Bayesian Inference for Variance Components Using Only Error Contrasts", Biometrika, 61, 383-385.

See Also

lme

Examples

library(nlme)
data(Orthodont)
fm1 <- lme(distance ~ Sex * age, Orthodont, random = ~ age, method = "ML")
logLik(fm1)
logLik(fm1, REML = TRUE)


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