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Hi folks Can anyone direct me to a guide to analysing mixed models in R that is understandable by mere mortals (or worse, mere biologists)? I have read MASS and also Mick Crawley's book on the subject, have thrashed my way through the various help files from the NLME package and I'm afraid I remain baffled :-(. Particularly confusing is exactly what groupedData does, how I should use