[R] Repeated me

[Jeff Newmiller]

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Vicent Giner-Bosch <vigibos at eio.upv.es> wrote:
>[ I've also sent this message to other lists. Sorry for multiple
>messaging ]
>
>Dear colleagues,
>
>I want to perform a repeated measures two-way ANOVA (two fixed crossed
>factors). I've found the way to do it (in SPSS, and also in R), but
>anyway
>I think my data don't meet the requirements for that analysis (that is,
>normality, sphericity and so on).
>
>Anyway, I was told (here in this list and also in person) to consider
>the
>subjects IDs as a third factor, and to perform a classical ANOVA
>(because
>if I do that I will have one single observation for each combination of
>the
>three factors). That way, I wouldn't need to check for "sphericity" but
>for
>the usual ANOVA assumptions.
>
>My first question is related to that:
>
>(1) Just for checking if I understood this right: are both (parametric)
>approaches equivalent? I mean: is "pure" repeated measures ANOVA (the
>one
>available in SPSS, for instance) equivalent to by-passing it by making
>subjects work as a factor and then applying "classical" ANOVA?
>
>Another different approach is using non-parametric alternatives. I've
>found
>ONE-way non-parametric tests both for repeated measures comparisons and
>for
>independent sets of observations. And also I've been told about the
>existence of multiple-factor non-parametric ANOVA (based on ranks, and
>also
>based on permutation exact tests).
>
>My research is not about ANOVA; I just want to use it as a way to
>compare
>results in a more sophisticated and scientific way than just saying
>which
>combination is better. So I am looking for the easiest approach.
>
>And because of that, I am thinking of performing an exact
>(permutation-based, non-parametric) ANOVA, using subjects as a factor.
>
>(2) I know that I didn't tell you anything about my data or my context,
>but
>do you think that approach can be appropriate?
>
>Looking forward to your answers,
>
>
>--
>vicent
>@vginer_upv
>about.me/vginer_upv
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