
What is a mixed model approach?
What is a mixed model in psychology?
What are mixed effects models used for?
What is a mixed model experimental design?
What is a random effect in a mixed model?
What is mixed models in statistics?
When should I use GLMM?
What is the difference between GLM and GLMM?
What is mixed model repeated measures analysis?
Is ANOVA a linear mixed model?
What is mixed model regression?
What is a mixed effects regression?
8.1.1 Model Comparison and Obtaining P-values
One of the most frustrating things to many researchers analyzing mixed models in R is a lack of p-values provided by default. The calculation of P-values for complex models with random effects and multiple experimental unit sizes is not a trivial matter.
8.1.2 Random Effects
The summary () function can be used to print most of the relevant information from the mixed model fit summary (flum.lmer). We can selectively print only the certain parts of the model fit. Adding $varcor to the summary function of the fit will print out the variance components for the random terms as well as the residual variance.
8.1.3 Fixed Effects & Mean Separation
In most designed agricultural experiments, the fixed effects (and specifically differences between fixed effects treatments) are of most interest to the researcher. We can use the glht () function in the multcomp package to separate treatment means if we conclude there is a significant treatment effect.
What is a fixed effect?
fixed effect (or factor) is a variable for which levels in the study represent all levels of interest, or at least all levels that are important for inference (e.g., treatment, dose, etc.). The fixed effects in the model include those factors for which means, standard errors, and confidence intervals will be estimated, and tests of hypotheses will be performed. Other variables for which the model is to be adjusted (that are not important for estimation or hypothesis testing) may also be included in the model as fixed factors. Fixed factors may be discrete variables or continuous covariates.
What is the first line of a drug comparison?
This is the comparison being made. The first line is ‘Drug ’. On this line, the levels of drug are compared when the covariate is equal to 140. The second line is ‘Drug: Placebo – Kerlosin’. On this line, Kerlosin is compared to Placebo when the covariate is equal to 140.
What is a post hoc pairwise comparison of least squares?
If there is evidence that a fixed factor of a mixed model has difference responses among its levels, it is usually of interest to perform post-hoc pair-wise comparisons of the least-squares means to further clarify those differences. It is well-known that p-value adjustments need to be made when multiple tests are performed (see Hochberg and Tamhane, 1987, or Hsu, 1996, for general discussion and details of the need for multiplicity adjustment). Such adjustments are usually made to preserve the family-wise error rate (FWER), also called the experiment-wise error rate, of the group of tests. FWER is the probability of incorrectly rejecting at least one of the pair-wise tests.
What is lambda used for?
Lambda is a parameter used in the Newton-Raphson process to specify the amount of change in parameter estimates between iterations. One is generally an appropriate selection. When convergence problems occur, reset this to 0.5.
What is the F value?
The F-Value corresponds to the L matrix used for testing this term in the model. The F-Value is based on the F approximation described in Kenward and Roger (1997).
What is the raw probability level?
The Raw Probability Level (or Raw P-value) gives the strength of evidence for a single comparison, unadjusted for multiple testing. It is the single test probability of obtaining the corresponding difference if the null hypothesis of equal means is true.
What is the L matrix?
L1, L2, L3, … are a group of column vectors that combine to form an L matrix. The L matrix in this example is used for testing whether there is a difference among the three levels of Drug.
