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Hello, I am having a problem specifying the correlation structure in lme which leads to the error: Error in getCovariate.corSpatial(object, data = data) : Cannot have zero distances in "corSpatial". I have specified a grouping variable which is the only fix I could find by searching this error on R-help. ISee the below example. When my samples (tran) - which are transects

I noticed that ?corClasses in package nlme does not list corSpatial among the standard classes. This might either be intentional because corSpatial is not "standard" , or it might be simply an oversight that needs correcting. ------------------------------------------ Robert W. Baer, Ph.D. Professor of Physiology Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine A. T. Still University of

Dear listers, I am trying to model the distribution of fox density over years in the Doubs department. Measurements have been taken on 470 plots in March each year and georeferenced. Average density is supposed to be different each year. In a first approach, I would like to use a general model of this type, taking spatial correlation into account:

[I think I've seen this reported before but can't locate it any more. I believe this oddity (glitch? feature?) is behind a query that Jean-Baptiste Ferdy asked a year ago <http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/Rhelp08/2008-October/176449.html>] It appears that glmmPQL looks in the global workspace, not within the data frame specified by the "data" argument, for the variables

Dear Users, >From previous analysis (semi-variograms using package gstat), I found spatial autocorrelation in my dataset. The best fitted model to this spatial correlation structure is the Gaussian model (Spherical, Exponential, Linear tested and comparison done by Sum of Square errors). So I used corGaus function to define this spatial autocorrelation in my lme model using the option

This is my first post requesting help to this mailing list. I am new to R. My apologies for any breach in posting etiquette. I am new to this language and just learning my way around. I am attempting to run some sample code and and am confused by the error message: Loading required package: rrcov Error in fitNorm2(fdat[, "FSC-H"], fdat[, "SSC-H"], scalefac = ScaleFactor) :

Dear all, I am trying to define my own corStruct which is different from the classical one available in nlme. The structure of this correlation is given below. I am wondering to know how to continue with this structure by using specific functions (corMatrix, getCovariate, Initialize,...) in order to get a structure like corAR1, corSymm which will be working for my data. Thanks in advance.

Hi all I am trying to generate a normal unbalanced data to estimate the coefficients of LM, LMM, GLM, and GLMM and their standard errors. Also, I am trying to estimate the variance components and their standard errors. Further, I am trying to use the likelihood ratio test to test H0: sigma^2_b = 0 (random effects variance component), and the t-test to test H0:mu=0 (intercept of the model Yij = mu

Dear list members, I'm interested in showing that within-group statistical dependence is negligible, so I can use ordinary linear models without including random effects. However, I can find no mention of testing a model with vs. without random effects in either Venable & Ripley (2002) or Pinheiro and Bates (2000). Our in-house statisticians are not familiar with this, either,

Dear R-help members, I'm trying to run LME model on some behavioral data and need confirmations about what I'm doing... Here's the story... I have some behavioral reaction time (RT) data (participants have to detect dome kind of auditory stimuli). the dependant variable is RT measured in milliseconds. 61 participants were tested separated in 4 age groups (unblanced groups,

Hi, I am trying to place my own functions in the nlme environment: The following statement works: environment(coef.corSPT) <- environment(getS3method("coef","corSpatial")) but this one returns an error: environment(get("coef<-.corSPT")) <- environment(getS3method("coef<-","corSpatial")) Error in

Hi everyone, I'm using lmer and estimable (from packages lme4 and gmodels respectively) and have the disconcerting happening that when I run exactly the same code, I get different results! In checking this out by running the code 50x, it seems to be that answers may be randomly deviating around those which I get from another stats package (GenStat, using the linear mixed models functionality

Hi folks, I am having trouble to plot a mixed model analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). To do so I use the function predict in nlme but the line that is being drawn is totally out of control!!! here is my script (where MASS_S is dry mass and MASS_F is fresh mass): MEN<-read.table("Mentha_lme2.txt", h=T) attach(MEN) lme1<-lme(log(MASS_S)~log(MASS_F)*TREAT, random=~1|INDIV)

Dear R-helpers, When I try > anova(txtE2.lme, txtE2.lme1) Model df AIC BIC logLik Test L.Ratio p-value txtE2.lme 1 10 8590 8638 -4285 txtE2.lme1 2 7 8591 8624 -4288 1 vs 2 6.79 0.0789 > latex(anova(txtE2.lme, txtE2.lme1)) Error: object "n.group" not found I don't even see n.group as one of the arguments of latex() I checked to see >

Hi, I am having trouble using the lme function to perform a nested ANOVA with a random nested factor. My design is as follows: Location (n=6) (Random) Site nested within each Location (n=12) (2 Sites nested within each Location) (Random) Dependent variable: sp (species abundance) By using the aov function I can generate a nested ANOVA, however this assumes that my nested

R2.2 for WinXP, Splus 6.2.1 for HP 9000 Series, HP-UX 11.0. I am trying to get a handle on why the same lme( ) code gives such different answers. My output makes me wonder if the fact that the UNIX box is 64 bits is the reason. The estimated random effects are identical, but the fixed effects are very different. Here is my R code and output, with some columns and rows deleted for space

I have spatial data on a sphere (the Earth) for which I would like to run an gls model assuming that the errors are autcorrelated, i.e. including a corSpatial correlation in the model specification. In this case the distance metric should be calculated on the sphere, therefore metric = "euclidean" in (for example) corSpher would be incorrect. I would be grateful for help on how to

Dear R Friends, I need help with an error associated with corCompSymm in an lme fit. I am using a mixed effects model to analyze a split-plot with repeated measures and would like to fit with the compound symmetry correlation structure. This problem doesn't occur when using corAR1 or any of the other structures. I would greatly appreciate help on how to solve this issue. Here's my

Dear Thomas Lumley, and R-help list members, I have read your article "Network meta-analysis for indirect treatment comparisons" (Statist Med, 2002) with great interest. I found it very helpful that you included the R code to replicate your analysis; however, I have had a problem replicating your example and wondered if you are able to give me a hint. When I use the code from the

Dear members, I would like to switch from nlme to lme4 and try to translate some of my models that worked fine with lme. I have problems with the pdMat classes. Below a toy dataset with a fixed effect F and a random effect R. I gave also 2 similar lme models. The one containing pdLogChol (lme1) is easy to translate (as it is an explicit notation of the default model) The more parsimonious