In R, the way to delete a component in a list object is different from matrix and vector objects. For a vector, to delete an element:vec <- c(1, 2, 3)vec <- vecFor a matrix, to delete a row or a column:mat <- matrix(c(1,2,3,4), 2, 2)mat2 <- mat # delete a rowmat3 <- mat # delete a columnFor a list,...

Zero Inflated Models and Generalized Linear Mixed Models with R.
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