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1. I don't intend to go through your references. A minimal reproducible example of what you wish to do and what you tried would help. 2. Have you read An Intro to R? Cheers, Bert Bert Gunter Genentech Nonclinical Biostatistics (650) 467-7374 "Data is not information. Information is not knowledge. And knowledge is certainly not wisdom." H. Gilbert Welch On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 5:14 PM, Maria Kernecker, PhD <mkernec...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for getting back to me. > > It seems I didn't write my question clearly and that it was misunderstood - > even if it is easy to answer: I would like to reduce the number of > explanatory variables in my model by using "sets" or categories that these > variables belong to, like Rhodes et al. did in their chapter, or like Lentini > et al. 2012 did in their paper. > > Factor is not the answer I am looking for, unfortunately. > > On Apr 3, 2014, at 11:28 AM, Bert Gunter wrote: > >> Have you read "An Introduction to R" (or other online tutorial)? If >> not, please do so before posting further here. It sounds like you are >> missing very basic knowledge -- on factors -- which you need to learn >> about before proceeding. >> >> ?factor >> >> gives you the answer you seek, I believe. >> >> Cheers, >> Bert >> >> Bert Gunter >> Genentech Nonclinical Biostatistics >> (650) 467-7374 >> >> "Data is not information. Information is not knowledge. And knowledge >> is certainly not wisdom." >> H. Gilbert Welch >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 6:54 AM, Maria Kernecker >> <maria.kernec...@mail.mcgill.ca> wrote: >>> Dear all, >>> >>> I am trying to run a GLMM following the procedure described by Rhodes et >>> al. (Ch. 21) in the Zuur book Mixed effects models and extensions in R . >>> Like in his example, I have four "sets" of explanatory variables: >>> 1. Land use - 1 variable, factor (forest or agriculture) >>> 2. Location - 1 variable, factor (riparian or upland) >>> 3. Agricultural management - 3 variables that are binary (0 or 1 for till, >>> manure, annual crop) >>> 4. Vegetation patterns - 4 variables that are continuous (# of plant >>> species in 4 different functional guilds) >>> >>> How do I create these "sets"? I would like to build my model with these >>> "sets" only instead of listing every variable. >>> >>> Also: is there a way of running all possible models with the different >>> combinations of these sets and/or variables, sort of like running ordistep >>> for ordinations? >>> >>> Thanks a bunch in advance for your help! >>> Maria >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
