Stepwise Elimination and Term Reordering for Mixed-Effects Regression

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Documentation for package ‘buildmer’ version 2.13

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buildmer-package	Construct and fit as complete a model as possible and perform stepwise elimination
add.terms	Adds terms to a formula
build.formula	Converts a buildmer term list into a proper model formula
buildbam	Uses 'buildmer' to fit big generalized additive models using 'bam' from package 'mgcv'
buildclmm	Uses 'buildmer' to fit cumulative link mixed models using 'clmm' from package 'ordinal'
buildcustom	Uses 'buildmer' to perform stepwise elimination using a custom fitting function
buildgam	Uses 'buildmer' to fit generalized additive models using 'gam' from package 'mgcv'
buildgamm	Uses 'buildmer' to fit big generalized additive models using 'gamm' from package 'mgcv'
buildgamm4	Uses 'buildmer' to fit generalized additive models using package 'gamm4'
buildGLMMadaptive	Uses 'buildmer' to fit generalized linear mixed models using 'mixed_model' from package 'GLMMadaptive'
buildglmmTMB	Uses 'buildmer' to perform stepwise elimination on 'glmmTMB' models
buildgls	Uses 'buildmer' to fit generalized-least-squares models using 'gls' from 'nlme'
buildlme	Uses 'buildmer' to perform stepwise elimination of mixed-effects models fit via 'lme' from 'nlme'
buildmer	Uses 'buildmer' to fit mixed-effects models using 'lmer'/'glmer' from 'lme4'
buildmer-class	The buildmer class
buildmer.nb	Uses 'buildmer' to fit negative-binomial models using 'glm.nb' and 'glmer.nb'
buildmerControl	Sets control options for buildmer
buildmertree	Uses 'buildmer' to perform stepwise elimination for 'lmertree' and 'glmertree' models from package 'glmertree'
buildmultinom	Uses 'buildmer' to perform stepwise elimination for 'multinom' models from package 'nnet'
contr.deviation	Sets up deviation contrasts
converged	Tests a model for convergence
deviation	Sets up deviation contrasts
diag-method	Diagonalize the random-effect covariance structure, possibly assisting convergence
LRTalpha	Generates an LRT elimination function with custom alpha level
migrant	A very small dataset from a pilot study on sound change.
mkBuildmer	The buildmer class
re2mgcv	Converts lme4 random-effect terms to mgcv 're' smooths
re2uncorr	Converts lme4 random-effect terms to uncorrelated lme4 random-effect terms, including factor random slopes
remove.terms	Removes terms from a formula
tabulate.formula	Parses a formula into a buildmer term list
vowels	Vowel data from a pilot study.