glmerSLMADS.assign is the same as glmerSLMADS2 which fits a generalized linear mixed effects model (glme) per study and saves the outcomes in each study

glmerSLMADS.assign(
  formula,
  offset,
  weights,
  dataName,
  family,
  control_type = NULL,
  control_value.transmit = NULL,
  nAGQ = 1L,
  verbose = 0,
  theta = NULL,
  fixef = NULL
)

Arguments

formula

see help for ds.glmerSLMA

offset

see help for ds.glmerSLMA

weights

see help for ds.glmerSLMA

dataName

see help for ds.glmerSLMA

family

see help for ds.glmerSLMA

control_type

see help for ds.glmerSLMA

control_value.transmit

see help for argument <control_value> for function ds.glmerSLMA

nAGQ

integer scalar, defaulting to 1L. IN PRACTICE, IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO SET nAGQ TO 0L when the model appears to converge perfectly well (e.g. verbose=2 demonstrates good initial convergence of both the log-likelihood and regression coefficients) but formal convergence does not get declared - so no output is produced - despite running the model for many iterations. The nAGQ argument is set by the nAGQ argument for ds.glmerSLMA and further details can be found in help(ds.glmerSLMA) and in the native R help for glmer()

verbose

see help for ds.glmerSLMA

theta

see help for argument <start_theta> for function ds.glmerSLMA

fixef

see help for argument <start_fixef> for function ds.glmerSLMA

Value

writes glmerMod object summarising the fitted model to the serverside. For more detailed information see help for ds.glmerSLMA.

Details

glmerSLMADS.assign is a serverside function called by ds.glmerSLMA on the clientside. The analytic work engine is the glmer function in R which sits in the lme4 package. glmerSLMADS.assign fits a generalized linear mixed effects model (glme) - e.g. a logistic or Poisson regression model including both fixed and random effects - on data from each single data source and saves the regression outcomes on the serveside.

Author

Demetris Avraam for DataSHIELD Development Team