Why not REML?
Explains why the svylme package uses maximum likelihood instead of REML for survey-weighted linear mixed models, focusing on design and sampling constraints.
Explains why the svylme package uses maximum likelihood instead of REML for survey-weighted linear mixed models, focusing on design and sampling constraints.
Announcing a preprint for the svylme package, introducing the svy2lme function for fitting linear mixed models to complex survey data.
A technical tutorial on fitting linear mixed models using pairwise pseudolikelihood in R with the svylme package, using educational survey data.
A technical exploration of using pairwise likelihood in linear mixed models with complex sampling, comparing results from svylme and lme4 packages.