AJ Smit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Dear all > > I was looking at the aov documentation page and came across the > following which seems like a contradiction to me: > > " This provides a wrapper to |lm| for fitting linear models to > balanced or unbalanced experimental designs." (I presume 'This' refers > to aov) > > and > > "|aov| is designed for balanced designs, and the results can be hard > to interpret without balance" > > So, do I use it for unbalanced designs?
If you know how to interpret the results... In general, I would avoid it if there is unbalance in the random effects, but some designs with unbalance in the fixed effects are manageable. -- O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Blegdamsvej 3 c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics 2200 Cph. N (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~~~~~~~~~ - ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) FAX: (+45) 35327907 ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
