Message-ID: <49843666.9070705@maw.ru.nl>
Date: 2009-01-31T11:30:46Z
From: Stijn Ruiter
Subject: Jointly testing several parameters of factor variable
Hi all,
I am estimating a lmer model and now I would like to test whether some
coefficients for specific levels of factor variable are equal.
I am thinking of either:
(1) applying equality constraints on several parameters for specific
levels of a factor variable (and use that to do LRT against model
without equality constraints), but I have no clue on how to that; or
(2) do a Wald test in which several parameter estimates of a factor
variable are jointly tested. Although I noticed "wald.test" from the
"aod" package, but I don't quite follow how to apply that to my lmer model.
Any suggestions on how to jointly test several parameters of a lmer
model (preferably applied to factor variables)?
Stijn
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Best regards,
Stijn Ruiter
Department of Sociology / ICS
Radboud University Nijmegen
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