Hi class,
Here is an interesting example from Ben Bolker using the owls dataset. He shows how to use an observation level group effect (to effectively change to a Poisson-lognormal distribution), how to predict the expected values of a lme4 model, and an interesting way to plot expected vs. observed with confidence intervals. I might have to learn ggplot2! Enjoy!
Here are the pdf and the script I did in class:
Jack