Dear all, First, I will try to be the most comprehensible, if not, do not hesitate to ask for more information. I am working on a project with collaborators, and I am trying to analyse the data. For one question, however, I do not feel confident with my method, but I do not know how I can analyse the data in a different way. We are working on visual fixation of a prey while hunting, with a new method of high accuracy. This method is very interesting but implies that we cannot use many individuals (because of different things that are not of interest here I think). My major problem here is that I have "only" 3 individuals and 51 trials (almost equilibrate per individual). I also have 3 different conditions (i.e. 3 types of prey). All these conditions have been repeated for the 3 individuals. In total, the dataset is relatively large as I have more than 6000 points (large for behavioural study), but, as I wrote, with only 3 individuals. Regarding this type of dataset, I am wondering whether I can use mixed model to compare the visual fixation according to the different conditions. So here are my two questions : 1) Can I use mixed models with only 3 individuals? If not, do you know if I can use another model? Or should I compare each individual independently? 2) My data are spatio-temporal (visual fixation in times: One Azimuth and one elevation every X sec). How can I implement this autocorrelation in my model? I am sincerely grateful if someone can be of any help. Sorry If similar question has been posted before, I did not find it. Best regards, Simon Potier
Mixed model on few individuals
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