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glmer with/without intercept gave different results

Dear Thierry,

I understood the hypotheses were different between the two models. What
surprise me were the different estimated variances for the random
effects and also the estimated differences between fixed effects levels.


Ruby

-----Original Message-----
From: ONKELINX, Thierry [mailto:Thierry.ONKELINX at inbo.be] 
Sent: 18 November 2010 15:43
To: Chang, Yu-Mei; r-sig-mixed-models at r-project.org
Subject: RE: [R-sig-ME] glmer with/without intercept gave different
results

Dear Ruby,

The hypotheses of those models are different. Hence the diference in
p-values.

Fit1:
H0: Capsule 1 = 0
H0: Capsule 2 - Capsule 1 = 0
H0: Control - Capsule 1 = 0

Fit2:
H0: Capsule 1 = 0
H0: Capsule 2 = 0
H0: Control = 0

However, the predictions of both model should be the same.

Best regards,

Thierry


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