Dear friends, I have asked last few days about cross-random effects using PQL, but I have not receive any answer because might my question was not clear.
My question was about analysing the salamander mating data using PQL. This data contain cross-random effects for (male) and for (female). By opining MASS and lme library. I wrote this code sala.glmm <- glmmPQL(fixed=y~WSf*WSM, random=list(experiment=pdBlocked(list(pdIdent(~randf-1),pdIdent(~randm-1)))), family=binomial, data=sala.data). Where data neame=sala.glmm which contain y is response wsf is fixed effect wsm is fixed effects randf is random effect random is random effect The data contain three experiments at the same time. The previous cod is work but it does not give me accurate result especially for the random effects. For experiment I wrote this code experiment <- factor(c(rep(1,120),rep(2,120),rep(3,120))) because I have three experiments at the same time, but if I change the experiment to e.g experiment <- factor(c(rep(1,360))) is still give answer but is not the right answer. So, I am accusing my specification of the experiment (group). If you have any suggestion pleas let me know. E-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Here I am going to gve mre details about the data. the > details about the data is: > > The data are: > McCullagh and Nelder (1989,sec.14.5)polished an > interesting set of data on the success of matting > between male and female salamanders drawn from two > populations, the rough butts (RB) and the white sides > (WS), that had been geographically isolated from each > other. In the first of three experiments, conducted > during the summer of 1986, 10 RB females and 10 WS > females were mated with three RB males and three WS > males, for a total of six mating each over 24 days. > Each of 10 RB males and 10 WS males likewise served as > mates for three females of each type. These same 40 > salamanders were used in a repeat experiment conducted > in the fall that involved no repetitions of the > earlier mal-female pairs. A third experiment, also > conducted in the fall, used a new set of 40 animals. > Each experiment involved 30 mating of each of the four > gender-population combinations. Simple inspection of > the data revealed that three of the crosses had > success rates of about 70%, whereas the mating of WS > females with RB MALES WAS SUCCESSFUL ONLY 25% OF the > time. Evaluating the statistical significance of these > differences was complicated by the fact that the 360 > binary responses were not independent. > > The model is used here is the mating probabilities > are assumed to be the same for each of the three > experiments. The random effects are assumed to be > independent in each experiment. The male and > Female effects are assumed to have different variances > but the variances are assumed > To be the same across the three experiments. > > Best Regared ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
