I forgot to do this in the first round of model-fitting. If I want to get year-specific lambda estimates for my observation years (and I do) then I will need those random effects in addition to the year variance, which I will use for simulating hypothetical years.
I forgot to do this in the first round of model-fitting. If I want to get year-specific lambda estimates for my observation years (and I do) then I will need those random effects in addition to the year variance, which I will use for simulating hypothetical years.