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Dear all, I would like to fit a non-linear model of the form: y=g*x/(a+b*x) with nls(). However this model is somehow overparameterized and I get the error message about singular gradient matrix at initial parameter estimates. What I am interested in is to make inference about parameters b and g, so this has to be taken into account in the model formulation. What options do I have? Also, how is

I would like to combine time-series data to test for correlations and interactions using random and fixed effects meta-analysis. So, I am looking for the right packages and documentation. I know about meta and rmeta packages of R. Are there any more? What are the diffrences in brief? Can you please suggest some references that could be used as a guide for meta-analysis in R (or S-plus)?

Dear all, I have a for loop which includes nls model estimation. The loop breaks after the first non-convergence error. How can I make the loop continue and try to estimate all models? I suppose it should be sth like: if(...) { next } but I have no idea how to setup the arguements... Thank you! Irene

I would like to fit a 2-level mixed model: yit=a+a[i]+a[it] +(b+b[i]+b[it])*xit+eps[it] However, the variance of the second level components should depend on the group, i.e. sigma for a[it] and b[it] should be [i] specific. I do not know whether this is conceptually right in the mixed model context... In case it stands, how should the formula look like? Also, the data are unbalanced with

Hi all! I am trying to run a regression where the predictor values are not real data but each is estimated from a different model. So, for each value I have a mean and variance. Which package/function should I use in this case? Thank you! Irene [[alternative HTML version deleted]]

Dear list, I would like to produce a plot of variables where the size of the points will be indicative of their standard errors. How is that possible? Thank you! [[alternative HTML version deleted]]

I am a new R user and so I thought I could start with "Using R for Introductory statistics" by Verzani. In order to use some of the functions and datasets I have to install the simpleR package which is is now inside the UsingR package. I did so using >install.packages("UsingR"). However, the functions such as "simple.freqpoly.R" do not work. I also tried to

Hi all! How is it possible to estimate standard errors for coef obtained from lme? Is there sth like se.coef() for lmer or what is the anaytical solution? Thank you!

Dear all, I am trying to define a selfStart function for a non-linear model, which is a log-transformed SSmicmen model with multiplicative errors and so it is required to make them additive: log(y)=log(a)+log(x)-log(1+x/b) Any ideas about how to use the "peeling" method to derive the "initial" argument and get the initial values? Thank you for being always there!:)

Hi all! this is a rather statistical question: is it meaningful to consider an interaction effect between 2 continuous covariates? for example: lm(y~x1+x2+x1:x2) Should one of continuous x1, x2 be "transformed" to a categorical variable, i.e. be classified into groups? Is it easier to interpret the effect if 1 or both are centered to the mean or z-transformed? Thank you!

Dear all, I have an annual time-series of population numbers and I would like to estimate the auto-correlation. Can I use acf() function and judge whether auto-correlation is significant by the plots? The acf array, eg: Autocorrelations of series 'x$log.s.r', by lag 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1.000 0.031 -0.171

Is there a formal way to prove the need of a mixed model, apart from e.g. comparing the intervals estimated by lmList fit? For example, should I compare (with AIC ML?) a model with seperately (unpooled) estimated fixed slopes (i.e.using an index for each group) with a model that treats this parameter as a random effect (both models treat the remaining parameters as random)? Thank you!

Hi all, I would like to fit a gamm model of the form: Y~X+X*f(z) Where f is the smooth function and With random effects on X and on the intercept. So, I try to write it like this: gam.lme<- gamm(Y~ s(z, by=X) +X, random=list(groups=pdDiag(~1+X)) ) but I get the error message : Error in MEestimate(lmeSt, grps) : Singularity in backsolve at level 0, block 1

Dear R community, I've been writing simple functions for the past year and half and have come across a similar problem several times. The execution of a function within my own function produces NaN's or fails to execute as intended. My conundrum is that I can execute the function outside of my function without error, so it's difficult for me, as a novice functioneer, to figure out

Hi, I'm trying to write a simple function like case1 <- function (m, cov, Q, R) { theta <- (acos(R/sqrt(Q^3))) beta <- (-2)*sqrt(Q)*cos(theta/3)+m[1]/3 rho1 <- (-2)*sqrt(Q)*cos((theta+2*pi)/3)+m[1]/3 rho2 <- (-2)*sqrt(Q)*cos((theta-2*pi)/3)+m[1]/3 stderrb <- deltamethod( ~(-2)*sqrt(Q)*cos(theta/3)+x1/3,m,cov) stderrr1 <- deltamethod(

I?m trying to find datasets that will give me residuals, after applying the lm function, with no normality, non linearity, and heteroscedacity so I can try to exemplify those cases in the linear regression model. Can you give any advice on what datasets would be appropiate? I can?t use the ones in the alr3 package because those have already been seen in class. Thank you very much :-) natorro

Hi, I am following the below instructions for setting up an RStudio server in Windows. https://support.rstudio.com/hc/en-us/articles/360049776974-Using-RStudio-Server-in-Windows-WSL2 I am a novice so I might be making an obvious mistake, but I am receiving an error in step 3 of the RStudio server setup. I entered the below code into ubuntu: sudo add-apt-repository 'deb

In this real example (below), all four of the replicates in one treatment combination had zero failures, and this produced a very high standard error in the summary.lm. =20 Just adding one failure to one of the replicates produced a well-behaved standard error. =20 I don't know if this is a bug, but it is certainly hard for users to understand. =20 I would value your comments=20 =20 Thanks =20

Dear all, I have some very big data files that look something like this: id chr pos ihh1 ihh2 xpehh rs5748748 22 15795572 0.0230222 0.0268394 -0.153413 rs5748755 22 15806401 0.0186084 0.0268672 -0.367296 rs2385785 22 15807037 0.0198204 0.0186616 0.0602451 rs1981707 22 15809384 0.0299685 0.0176768 0.527892 rs1981708 22 15809434 0.0305465 0.0187227 0.489512 rs11914222 22 15810040 0.0307183

Hello, I am doing a simple regression using lm(Y~X). As my response and my predictor seemed to be skewed and I can't meet the model assumptions. Therefore I need to transform my variables. I wanted to ask what is the preferred way to find out if predictor and/or response needs to be transformed and if yes how (log-transform?). I found a procedure in "A modern approach to Regressoin in