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How to define the fixed and random effects in lmer

5 messages · Ben Bolker, FMH, Luca Borger

FMH
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Dear All,

I was running lme function on my data as shown below, in which the variables involved are:

########################################
#Pre : Precipitation
#t : time
#group : Group of precipitation
#prec: data set

lme(Pre ~ t| group, data = prec, random = ~ t| group)
#########################################

How could i write the scripts?with lmer function with :
1. fixed effects for the intercept and slope and only random effect for the intercept is included
2. fixed effects for the intercept and slope, and?random effects for the intercept and slope are included
3. only fixed effect for the intercept and only random effect for the intercept is included
4. only fixed effects for the slope, and?random effects for the intercept and slope are included?

Thank you
Fir
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I was running lme function on my data as shown below, in which the variables involved are:

########################################
#Pre : Precipitation
#t : time
#group : Group of precipitation
#prec: data set

lme(Pre ~ t| group, data = prec, random = ~ t| group)
#########################################

  I'm surprised this works (does it?) -- I didn't think |group was meaningful in a fixed-effects formula
specification

How could i write the scripts with lmer function with :
1. fixed effects for the intercept and slope and only random effect for the intercept is included

     lme(Pre~t, random=~1|group, data= prec)

2. fixed effects for the intercept and slope, and random effects for the intercept and slope are included


     lme(Pre~t, random=~t|group, data= prec)

3. only fixed effect for the intercept and only random effect for the intercept is included

     lme(Pre~1, random=~1|group, data= prec)

4. only fixed effects for the slope, and random effects for the intercept and slope are included

  lme(Pre~t-1, random=~1|group, data= prec)


  (I think. See if those work as expected)
FMH
#
Thank you for your advice, but actually i'm looking for the scripts via lmer function?in lme4 package.

Cheers
Fir



----- Original Message ----
From: "Bolker,Benjamin Michael" <bolker at ufl.edu>
To: FMH <kagba2006 at yahoo.com>; "r-sig-mixed-models at r-project.org" <r-sig-mixed-models at r-project.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 1:48:54 PM
Subject: RE: [R-sig-ME] How to define the fixed and random effects in lmer


I was running lme function on my data as shown below, in which the variables involved are:

########################################
#Pre : Precipitation
#t : time
#group : Group of precipitation
#prec: data set

lme(Pre ~ t| group, data = prec, random = ~ t| group)
#########################################

? I'm surprised this works (does it?) -- I didn't think |group was meaningful in a fixed-effects formula
specification

How could i write the scripts with lmer function with :
1. fixed effects for the intercept and slope and only random effect for the intercept is included

? ? lme(Pre~t, random=~1|group, data= prec)

2. fixed effects for the intercept and slope, and random effects for the intercept and slope are included


? ? lme(Pre~t, random=~t|group, data= prec)

3. only fixed effect for the intercept and only random effect for the intercept is included

? ? lme(Pre~1, random=~1|group, data= prec)

4. only fixed effects for the slope, and random effects for the intercept and slope are included

? lme(Pre~t-1, random=~1|group, data= prec)


? (I think. See if those work as expected)
#
Hello,

that should be fairly easy to do, instead of "random =..." you use brackets to specify the random effects. For example:

1. fixed effects for the intercept and slope and only random effect for the intercept is included

    lmer(Pre~t +(1|group), data= prec)



or

2. fixed effects for the intercept and slope, and random effects for the intercept and slope are included


    lmer(Pre~t + (t|group), data= prec)




HTH


Cheers,


Luca


----- Messaggio originale -----
Da: "FMH" <kagba2006 at yahoo.com>
A: "Benjamin Michael Bolker" <bolker at ufl.edu>, r-sig-mixed-models at r-project.org
Inviato: Marted?, 15 settembre 2009 13:30:25 GMT -05:00 U.S.A./Canada, stati orientali
Oggetto: Re: [R-sig-ME] How to define the fixed and random effects in lmer

Thank you for your advice, but actually i'm looking for the scripts via lmer function?in lme4 package.

Cheers
Fir



----- Original Message ----
From: "Bolker,Benjamin Michael" <bolker at ufl.edu>
To: FMH <kagba2006 at yahoo.com>; "r-sig-mixed-models at r-project.org" <r-sig-mixed-models at r-project.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 1:48:54 PM
Subject: RE: [R-sig-ME] How to define the fixed and random effects in lmer


I was running lme function on my data as shown below, in which the variables involved are:

########################################
#Pre : Precipitation
#t : time
#group : Group of precipitation
#prec: data set

lme(Pre ~ t| group, data = prec, random = ~ t| group)
#########################################

? I'm surprised this works (does it?) -- I didn't think |group was meaningful in a fixed-effects formula
specification

How could i write the scripts with lmer function with :
1. fixed effects for the intercept and slope and only random effect for the intercept is included

? ? lme(Pre~t, random=~1|group, data= prec)

2. fixed effects for the intercept and slope, and random effects for the intercept and slope are included


? ? lme(Pre~t, random=~t|group, data= prec)

3. only fixed effect for the intercept and only random effect for the intercept is included

? ? lme(Pre~1, random=~1|group, data= prec)

4. only fixed effects for the slope, and random effects for the intercept and slope are included

? lme(Pre~t-1, random=~1|group, data= prec)


? (I think. See if those work as expected)




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FMH
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Thank you for the answer. How about a model with:

1. only fixed and random effects for the slope are included?


Cheers
Fir

?


----- Original Message ----
From: Luca Borger <lborger at uoguelph.ca>
To: FMH <kagba2006 at yahoo.com>
Cc: Benjamin Michael Bolker <bolker at ufl.edu>; r-sig-mixed-models at r-project.org
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 6:42:17 PM
Subject: Re: [R-sig-ME] How to define the fixed and random effects in lmer

Hello,

that should be fairly easy to do, instead of "random =..." you use brackets to specify the random effects. For example:

1. fixed effects for the intercept and slope and only random effect for the intercept is included

? ? lmer(Pre~t +(1|group), data= prec)



or

2. fixed effects for the intercept and slope, and random effects for the intercept and slope are included


? ? lmer(Pre~t + (t|group), data= prec)




HTH


Cheers,


Luca


----- Messaggio originale -----
Da: "FMH" <kagba2006 at yahoo.com>
A: "Benjamin Michael Bolker" <bolker at ufl.edu>, r-sig-mixed-models at r-project.org
Inviato: Marted?, 15 settembre 2009 13:30:25 GMT -05:00 U.S.A./Canada, stati orientali
Oggetto: Re: [R-sig-ME] How to define the fixed and random effects in lmer

Thank you for your advice, but actually i'm looking for the scripts via lmer function?in lme4 package.

Cheers
Fir



----- Original Message ----
From: "Bolker,Benjamin Michael" <bolker at ufl.edu>
To: FMH <kagba2006 at yahoo.com>; "r-sig-mixed-models at r-project.org" <r-sig-mixed-models at r-project.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 1:48:54 PM
Subject: RE: [R-sig-ME] How to define the fixed and random effects in lmer


I was running lme function on my data as shown below, in which the variables involved are:

########################################
#Pre : Precipitation
#t : time
#group : Group of precipitation
#prec: data set

lme(Pre ~ t| group, data = prec, random = ~ t| group)
#########################################

? I'm surprised this works (does it?) -- I didn't think |group was meaningful in a fixed-effects formula
specification

How could i write the scripts with lmer function with :
1. fixed effects for the intercept and slope and only random effect for the intercept is included

? ? lme(Pre~t, random=~1|group, data= prec)

2. fixed effects for the intercept and slope, and random effects for the intercept and slope are included


? ? lme(Pre~t, random=~t|group, data= prec)

3. only fixed effect for the intercept and only random effect for the intercept is included

? ? lme(Pre~1, random=~1|group, data= prec)

4. only fixed effects for the slope, and random effects for the intercept and slope are included

? lme(Pre~t-1, random=~1|group, data= prec)


? (I think. See if those work as expected)




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