lme4 (version 1.0-5)

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 merMod 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 merMod.