lme4 (version 0.999999-2)

sigma: Extract residual standard error

Description

Extract the residual standard error from a fitted model.

Usage

sigma(object, ...)

Arguments

object

a fitted model.

...

additional, optional arguments. (None are used in the mer method)

Value

• the residual standard error as a scalar

Details

This is a generic function. At present the only methods are for mixed-effects models of class mer.