Re: [R] [R-sig-ME] mixed model testing

2007-11-08 Thread Nilsson Fredrik X
Dear John, Forgive me for putting my nose out, I hope that I'm not rude, but I am a bit bewildered by your mail (and by statistical modelling). I agree that if your model is: Lawndepression~lawn.roller.weight +(1|lawn.id), When, in fact, it *should be* (because you simulated the data or you're

Re: [R] [R-sig-ME] mixed model testing

2007-11-07 Thread John Maindonald
Whether or not you need a mixed model, e.g. random versus fixed slopes, depends on how you intend to use results. Suppose you have lines of depression vs lawn roller weight calculated for a number of lawns. If the data will always be used to make predictions for one of those same lawns, a fixed sl