Generalized linear mixed models (GLMMs) extend the generalized linear models (GLMs), introduced in previous chapters, to statistically account for data that are clustered (e.g., children within schools, individuals within a particular hospital clinic, repeated measures on the same person) and render these non-independent observations conditionally independent.
Accounting for the relations between observations, whether due to clustering within a hierarchy like classes, schools, workplaces, or due to similarities ...
