I am hoping that some one might be to tell me whether there are any functions that produce influence measures for lme /nlme objects (i.e those suggested by Lesaffre and Verbeke or Langford and Lewis for multilevel models). Thanks in advance. ----------------------------------------------- Anthony A. Pezzola apezzola@uc.cl (02) 354-7823 Profesor de Ciencia Política Instituto de Ciencia Política Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Santiago de Chile [[alternative HTML version deleted]]