Repeated measures with categorical data

Ben Bolker · 2013-11-19T13:50:56Z

sualme osakidetza.net> writes: > > Hello, > I am working in a longitudinal study, with a categorical variable as a > dependent variable (alcohol consumption: no use, use, abuse and dependence) > with repeated measures (baseline, 1 year, 2 years). Besides I have another > variable with two groups: control and experimental. > > I would like to analyze the evolution in each group, I have though in lme, > but I am not sure if I can do an lme with a categorical vble as d

Ben Bolker

Tue, Nov 19, 2013 5:50 AM

sualme <susana.alberichmesa <at> osakidetza.net> writes:

I'd take a look at the clmm function in the 'ordinal' package,
or possibly the MCMCglmm package, and consider posting future questions 
to r-sig-mixed-models at r-project.org .  (Your response variable is
probably considered 'ordinal', i.e. ordered categorical, which may
be helpful terminology in searching for solutions.)

  Ben Bolker

Repeated measures with categorical data

Thread (3 messages)