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ANOVA problem

Rob:
On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 9:18 AM, robgriffin247 <rg.rforum at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
I would suggest staying out of the office and consulting a local
statistician Monday morning. As a poor second choice, post on a
statistics Help list (e.g. stats.stackexchange.com).

I haven't gone through your post in detail, but it appears to have
little to do with R and a **lot** to do with your lack of statistical
understanding. It appears that you need to formulate a scientifically
appropriate mixed effect model (the problem is never "how to set up an
anova"), and interaction with a local consultant is the best way to do
that.

I suppose you could also post this on the r-sig-mixed-models list, as
they often go beyond the R issues to the statistical modeling. But
remote consulting is a risky business, as despite the best of
intentions on both sides, incomplete or mis- communication can lead to
errors of the third kind (right answer -- wrong question).

Best,
Bert