[R] data distribution for lme

[Bert Gunter]

This is not really an R question -- it is statistics.
In any case, you should do better posting this on the
R-Sig-Mixed-Models list, which concerns itself with matters like this.

However, I'll hazard a guess at an answer: maybe.  (Vague questions
elicit vague answers).

Cheers,
Bert

On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 6:55 AM, peyman <zirak.p at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I am using the lme package of R, and am wondering if it is assumed that
> the dependent factor (what we fit for; y in many relevant texts) has to
> have a normal Gaussian distribution? Is there any margins where some
> skewness in the data is accepted and how within R itself one could check
> distribution of the data?
>
> Thanks,
> Peyman
>
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