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John Fox

2020-Nov-09 18:51 UTC

[R] [effects] Wrong xlevels in effects plot for mixed effects model when multiline = TRUE

Dear Gerrit,

This looks like a bug in plot.eff(), which I haven't yet tracked down, 
but the following should give you what you want:

eff <- Effect(c("gProt", "Age"), m, xlevels = list(gProt
= 1:6 * 30,
Age=60:100))
plot(eff, lines=list(multiline=TRUE))

or

eff <- predictorEffect("Age", m, xlevels = list(gProt = 1:6 * 30))
plot(eff, lines=list(multiline=TRUE))

A couple of comments on your code, unrelated to the bug in plot.eff():

You don't need allEffects() because there's only one high-order fixed 
effect in the model, I(gProt/10 - 6.2):I(Age/10 - 7.2) (i.e., the 
interaction of gProt with Age).

x.var isn't intended as an argument for plot() with allEffects() because 
there generally isn't a common horizontal axis for all of the high-order 
effect plots.

Finally, thank you for the bug report. Barring unforeseen difficulties, 
we'll fix the bug in due course.

I hope this helps,
  John

John Fox, Professor Emeritus
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
web: https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/

On 2020-11-09 8:06 a.m., Gerrit Eichner wrote:> Dear list members,
> 
> I observe a strange/wrong graphical output when I set the xlevels
> in (e. g.) allEffects for an lmer model and plot the effects with
> multiline = TRUE. I have compiled a reprex for which you need the
> lmer model and the environment in which the model was fitted. They
> are contained in the zip file at
> https://jlubox.uni-giessen.de/dl/fiSzTCc3bW8z2npZvPpqG1xr/m-and-G1.zip
> After unpacking the following should work:
> 
> m <- readRDS("m.rds")?? # The lmer-model.
> G1 <- readRDS("G1.rds") # Environment in which the model
>  ???????????????????????? # was fitted; needed by alaEffects.
> summary(m) # Just to see the model.
> 
> library(effects)
> aE <- allEffects(m, xlevels = list(gProt = 1:6 * 30))
>  ???????????????????? # Non-default values for xlevels.
> 
> plot(aE)????????????????????? # Fine.
> plot(aE, x.var = "Age")?????? # Fine.
> plot(aE, lines = list(multiline = TRUE))? # Fine.
> 
> plot(aE, lines = list(multiline = TRUE),
>  ????? x.var = "Age")??????? # Nonsense.
> 
> 
> Anybody any idea about the reason, my mistake, or a
> workaround? Thx for any hint!
> 
>  ? Regards? --? Gerrit
> 
> 
> PS:
>  ?> sessionInfo()
> R version 4.0.2 (2020-06-22)
> Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
> Running under: Windows 10 x64 (build 18363)
> 
> Matrix products: default
> 
> locale:
> [1] LC_COLLATE=German_Germany.1252? LC_CTYPE=German_Germany.1252
> [3] LC_MONETARY=German_Germany.1252 LC_NUMERIC=C
> [5] LC_TIME=German_Germany.1252
> 
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats???? graphics? grDevices utils???? datasets? methods?? base
> 
> other attached packages:
> [1] effects_4.2-0 carData_3.0-4
> 
> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
>  ? [1] Rcpp_1.0.5?????? lattice_0.20-41? MASS_7.3-53????? grid_4.0.2 
> DBI_1.1.0
>  ? [6] nlme_3.1-149???? survey_4.0?????? estimability_1.3 minqa_1.2.4 
> nloptr_1.2.2.2
> [11] Matrix_1.2-18??? boot_1.3-25????? splines_4.0.2??? statmod_1.4.34 
> lme4_1.1-23
> [16] tools_4.0.2????? survival_3.2-3?? yaml_2.2.1?????? compiler_4.0.2 
> colorspace_1.4-1
> [21] mitools_2.4????? insight_0.9.5??? nnet_7.3-14
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Dr. Gerrit Eichner?????????????????? Mathematical Institute, Room 212
> gerrit.eichner at math.uni-giessen.de?? Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
> Tel: +49-(0)641-99-32104????????? Arndtstr. 2, 35392 Giessen, Germany
> http://www.uni-giessen.de/eichner
> 
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
> 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.

Gerrit Eichner

2020-Nov-09 21:51 UTC

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[R] [effects] Wrong xlevels in effects plot for mixed effects model when multiline = TRUE

Dear John,

thank you for prompt reply and your hints. The problem is that our
lmer model is much more complicated and has several interaction
terms:

Mass ~ Sex + I(YoE - 1996) + I(PAI/0.1 - 16) + I(gProt/10 - 6.2) +
     I(Age/10 - 7.2) + I((Age/10 - 7.2)^2) + Diuretics +
     Sex:I(PAI/0.1 - 16) + Sex:I(gProt/10 - 6.2) +
     Sex:I(Age/10 - 7.2) + Sex:I((Age/10 - 7.2)^2) +
     I(YoE - 1996):I(Age/10 - 7.2) + I(PAI/0.1 - 16):I(Age/10 - 7.2) +
     I(gProt/10 - 6.2):I(Age/10 - 7.2) +
     (I(Age/10 - 7.2) + I((Age/10 - 7.2)^2) | ID)

so that allEffects is quite efficient, and since I want to place
several interaction terms with Age in one figure with Age on the
horizontal axis the argument x.var = "Age" in plot would be very
helpful. :-)

Further hints using the above complex model: The following works well:
eff <- Effect(c("gProt", "Age"), m,
               xlevels = list(gProt = 1:6 * 30, Age = 60:100))
plot(eff, lines=list(multiline=TRUE), x.var = "Age")

But this fails (note that Age is missing in xlevels):
eff <- Effect(c("gProt", "Age"), m, xlevels = list(gProt
= 1:6 * 30))
plot(eff, lines=list(multiline=TRUE), x.var = "Age")


And that just led me to a solutution also for allEffects: Specifying
Age in xlevels for allEffects (although it seems unnecessary when
x.var = "Age" is used in plot) produces the correct graphical
output! :-)

Thank you very much for your support and the brilliant effects
package in general! :-)

  Best regards  --  Gerrit

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Dr. Gerrit Eichner                   Mathematical Institute, Room 212
gerrit.eichner at math.uni-giessen.de   Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
Tel: +49-(0)641-99-32104          Arndtstr. 2, 35392 Giessen, Germany
Fax: +49-(0)641-99-32109            http://www.uni-giessen.de/eichner
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Am 09.11.2020 um 19:51 schrieb John Fox:> Dear Gerrit,
> 
> This looks like a bug in plot.eff(), which I haven't yet tracked down, 
> but the following should give you what you want:
> 
> eff <- Effect(c("gProt", "Age"), m, xlevels =
list(gProt = 1:6 * 30,
> Age=60:100))
> plot(eff, lines=list(multiline=TRUE))
> 
> or
> 
> eff <- predictorEffect("Age", m, xlevels = list(gProt = 1:6 *
30))
> plot(eff, lines=list(multiline=TRUE))
> 
> A couple of comments on your code, unrelated to the bug in plot.eff():
> 
> You don't need allEffects() because there's only one high-order
fixed
> effect in the model, I(gProt/10 - 6.2):I(Age/10 - 7.2) (i.e., the 
> interaction of gProt with Age).
> 
> x.var isn't intended as an argument for plot() with allEffects()
because
> there generally isn't a common horizontal axis for all of the
high-order
> effect plots.
> 
> Finally, thank you for the bug report. Barring unforeseen difficulties, 
> we'll fix the bug in due course.
> 
> I hope this helps,
>  ?John
> 
> John Fox, Professor Emeritus
> McMaster University
> Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
> web: https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/
> 
> On 2020-11-09 8:06 a.m., Gerrit Eichner wrote:
>> Dear list members,
>>
>> I observe a strange/wrong graphical output when I set the xlevels
>> in (e. g.) allEffects for an lmer model and plot the effects with
>> multiline = TRUE. I have compiled a reprex for which you need the
>> lmer model and the environment in which the model was fitted. They
>> are contained in the zip file at
>> https://jlubox.uni-giessen.de/dl/fiSzTCc3bW8z2npZvPpqG1xr/m-and-G1.zip
>> After unpacking the following should work:
>>
>> m <- readRDS("m.rds")?? # The lmer-model.
>> G1 <- readRDS("G1.rds") # Environment in which the model
>> ????????????????????????? # was fitted; needed by alaEffects.
>> summary(m) # Just to see the model.
>>
>> library(effects)
>> aE <- allEffects(m, xlevels = list(gProt = 1:6 * 30))
>> ????????????????????? # Non-default values for xlevels.
>>
>> plot(aE)????????????????????? # Fine.
>> plot(aE, x.var = "Age")?????? # Fine.
>> plot(aE, lines = list(multiline = TRUE))? # Fine.
>>
>> plot(aE, lines = list(multiline = TRUE),
>> ?????? x.var = "Age")??????? # Nonsense.
>>
>>
>> Anybody any idea about the reason, my mistake, or a
>> workaround? Thx for any hint!
>>
>> ?? Regards? --? Gerrit
>>
>>
>> PS:
>> ??> sessionInfo()
>> R version 4.0.2 (2020-06-22)
>> Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
>> Running under: Windows 10 x64 (build 18363)
>>
>> Matrix products: default
>>
>> locale:
>> [1] LC_COLLATE=German_Germany.1252? LC_CTYPE=German_Germany.1252
>> [3] LC_MONETARY=German_Germany.1252 LC_NUMERIC=C
>> [5] LC_TIME=German_Germany.1252
>>
>> attached base packages:
>> [1] stats???? graphics? grDevices utils???? datasets? methods?? base
>>
>> other attached packages:
>> [1] effects_4.2-0 carData_3.0-4
>>
>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
>> ?? [1] Rcpp_1.0.5?????? lattice_0.20-41? MASS_7.3-53????? grid_4.0.2 
>> DBI_1.1.0
>> ?? [6] nlme_3.1-149???? survey_4.0?????? estimability_1.3 minqa_1.2.4 
>> nloptr_1.2.2.2
>> [11] Matrix_1.2-18??? boot_1.3-25????? splines_4.0.2??? statmod_1.4.34 
>> lme4_1.1-23
>> [16] tools_4.0.2????? survival_3.2-3?? yaml_2.2.1?????? compiler_4.0.2 
>> colorspace_1.4-1
>> [21] mitools_2.4????? insight_0.9.5??? nnet_7.3-14
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Dr. Gerrit Eichner?????????????????? Mathematical Institute, Room 212
>> gerrit.eichner at math.uni-giessen.de?? Justus-Liebig-University
Giessen
>> Tel: +49-(0)641-99-32104????????? Arndtstr. 2, 35392 Giessen, Germany
>> http://www.uni-giessen.de/eichner
>>
>> ______________________________________________
>> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
>> 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.

John Fox

2020-Nov-12 00:52 UTC

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[R] [effects] Wrong xlevels in effects plot for mixed effects model when multiline = TRUE

Dear Gerrit,

The bug you reported should now be fixed in the development version 
4.2-1 of the effects package, which you can currently install from 
R-Forge via  install.packages("effects", 
repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org") . Eventually, the updated
version
of the effects package will be submitted to CRAN.

Thank you again for the bug report,
  John

John Fox, Professor Emeritus
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
web: https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/

On 2020-11-09 4:51 p.m., Gerrit Eichner wrote:> Dear John,
> 
> thank you for prompt reply and your hints. The problem is that our
> lmer model is much more complicated and has several interaction
> terms:
> 
> Mass ~ Sex + I(YoE - 1996) + I(PAI/0.1 - 16) + I(gProt/10 - 6.2) +
>  ??? I(Age/10 - 7.2) + I((Age/10 - 7.2)^2) + Diuretics +
>  ??? Sex:I(PAI/0.1 - 16) + Sex:I(gProt/10 - 6.2) +
>  ??? Sex:I(Age/10 - 7.2) + Sex:I((Age/10 - 7.2)^2) +
>  ??? I(YoE - 1996):I(Age/10 - 7.2) + I(PAI/0.1 - 16):I(Age/10 - 7.2) +
>  ??? I(gProt/10 - 6.2):I(Age/10 - 7.2) +
>  ??? (I(Age/10 - 7.2) + I((Age/10 - 7.2)^2) | ID)
> 
> so that allEffects is quite efficient, and since I want to place
> several interaction terms with Age in one figure with Age on the
> horizontal axis the argument x.var = "Age" in plot would be very
> helpful. :-)
> 
> Further hints using the above complex model: The following works well:
> eff <- Effect(c("gProt", "Age"), m,
>  ????????????? xlevels = list(gProt = 1:6 * 30, Age = 60:100))
> plot(eff, lines=list(multiline=TRUE), x.var = "Age")
> 
> But this fails (note that Age is missing in xlevels):
> eff <- Effect(c("gProt", "Age"), m, xlevels =
list(gProt = 1:6 * 30))
> plot(eff, lines=list(multiline=TRUE), x.var = "Age")
> 
> 
> And that just led me to a solutution also for allEffects: Specifying
> Age in xlevels for allEffects (although it seems unnecessary when
> x.var = "Age" is used in plot) produces the correct graphical
> output! :-)
> 
> Thank you very much for your support and the brilliant effects
> package in general! :-)
> 
>  ?Best regards? --? Gerrit
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Dr. Gerrit Eichner?????????????????? Mathematical Institute, Room 212
> gerrit.eichner at math.uni-giessen.de?? Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
> Tel: +49-(0)641-99-32104????????? Arndtstr. 2, 35392 Giessen, Germany
> Fax: +49-(0)641-99-32109??????????? http://www.uni-giessen.de/eichner
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Am 09.11.2020 um 19:51 schrieb John Fox:
>> Dear Gerrit,
>>
>> This looks like a bug in plot.eff(), which I haven't yet tracked
down,
>> but the following should give you what you want:
>>
>> eff <- Effect(c("gProt", "Age"), m, xlevels =
list(gProt = 1:6 * 30,
>> Age=60:100))
>> plot(eff, lines=list(multiline=TRUE))
>>
>> or
>>
>> eff <- predictorEffect("Age", m, xlevels = list(gProt =
1:6 * 30))
>> plot(eff, lines=list(multiline=TRUE))
>>
>> A couple of comments on your code, unrelated to the bug in plot.eff():
>>
>> You don't need allEffects() because there's only one high-order
fixed
>> effect in the model, I(gProt/10 - 6.2):I(Age/10 - 7.2) (i.e., the 
>> interaction of gProt with Age).
>>
>> x.var isn't intended as an argument for plot() with allEffects() 
>> because there generally isn't a common horizontal axis for all of
the
>> high-order effect plots.
>>
>> Finally, thank you for the bug report. Barring unforeseen 
>> difficulties, we'll fix the bug in due course.
>>
>> I hope this helps,
>> ??John
>>
>> John Fox, Professor Emeritus
>> McMaster University
>> Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
>> web: https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/jfox/
>>
>> On 2020-11-09 8:06 a.m., Gerrit Eichner wrote:
>>> Dear list members,
>>>
>>> I observe a strange/wrong graphical output when I set the xlevels
>>> in (e. g.) allEffects for an lmer model and plot the effects with
>>> multiline = TRUE. I have compiled a reprex for which you need the
>>> lmer model and the environment in which the model was fitted. They
>>> are contained in the zip file at
>>>
https://jlubox.uni-giessen.de/dl/fiSzTCc3bW8z2npZvPpqG1xr/m-and-G1.zip
>>> After unpacking the following should work:
>>>
>>> m <- readRDS("m.rds")?? # The lmer-model.
>>> G1 <- readRDS("G1.rds") # Environment in which the
model
>>> ????????????????????????? # was fitted; needed by alaEffects.
>>> summary(m) # Just to see the model.
>>>
>>> library(effects)
>>> aE <- allEffects(m, xlevels = list(gProt = 1:6 * 30))
>>> ????????????????????? # Non-default values for xlevels.
>>>
>>> plot(aE)????????????????????? # Fine.
>>> plot(aE, x.var = "Age")?????? # Fine.
>>> plot(aE, lines = list(multiline = TRUE))? # Fine.
>>>
>>> plot(aE, lines = list(multiline = TRUE),
>>> ?????? x.var = "Age")??????? # Nonsense.
>>>
>>>
>>> Anybody any idea about the reason, my mistake, or a
>>> workaround? Thx for any hint!
>>>
>>> ?? Regards? --? Gerrit
>>>
>>>
>>> PS:
>>> ??> sessionInfo()
>>> R version 4.0.2 (2020-06-22)
>>> Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
>>> Running under: Windows 10 x64 (build 18363)
>>>
>>> Matrix products: default
>>>
>>> locale:
>>> [1] LC_COLLATE=German_Germany.1252? LC_CTYPE=German_Germany.1252
>>> [3] LC_MONETARY=German_Germany.1252 LC_NUMERIC=C
>>> [5] LC_TIME=German_Germany.1252
>>>
>>> attached base packages:
>>> [1] stats???? graphics? grDevices utils???? datasets? methods??
base
>>>
>>> other attached packages:
>>> [1] effects_4.2-0 carData_3.0-4
>>>
>>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
>>> ?? [1] Rcpp_1.0.5?????? lattice_0.20-41? MASS_7.3-53?????
grid_4.0.2
>>> DBI_1.1.0
>>> ?? [6] nlme_3.1-149???? survey_4.0?????? estimability_1.3
minqa_1.2.4
>>> nloptr_1.2.2.2
>>> [11] Matrix_1.2-18??? boot_1.3-25????? splines_4.0.2    
>>> statmod_1.4.34 lme4_1.1-23
>>> [16] tools_4.0.2????? survival_3.2-3?? yaml_2.2.1       
>>> compiler_4.0.2 colorspace_1.4-1
>>> [21] mitools_2.4????? insight_0.9.5??? nnet_7.3-14
>>>
>>>
---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Dr. Gerrit Eichner?????????????????? Mathematical Institute, Room
212
>>> gerrit.eichner at math.uni-giessen.de?? Justus-Liebig-University
Giessen
>>> Tel: +49-(0)641-99-32104????????? Arndtstr. 2, 35392 Giessen,
Germany
>>> http://www.uni-giessen.de/eichner
>>>
>>> ______________________________________________
>>> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more,
see
>>> 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 - Nov 2020 - [effects] Wrong xlevels in effects plot for mixed effects model when multiline = TRUE

[R] [effects] Wrong xlevels in effects plot for mixed effects model when multiline = TRUE

[R] [effects] Wrong xlevels in effects plot for mixed effects model when multiline = TRUE

[R] [effects] Wrong xlevels in effects plot for mixed effects model when multiline = TRUE