[R-meta] Extracting residuals from rma.mv function

[Viechtbauer, Wolfgang (SP)]

Unfortunately, I am not familiar with the rptR package, so I can't help with that.

Best,
Wolfgang

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Rafael Rios Moura [mailto:biorafaelrm using gmail.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, 09 December, 2020 19:00
>To: Viechtbauer, Wolfgang (SP)
>Cc: r-sig-meta-analysis using r-project.org
>Subject: Re: Extracting residuals from rma.mv function
>
>Dear Wolfgang,
>
>Thank you very much for the reply. I tried to add standard errors as a fixed
>predictor in the repeatability test, but I obtained these errors:
>
>Warning messages:
>1: In checkConv(attr(opt, "derivs"), opt$par, ctrl = control$checkConv,:
>unable to evaluate scaled gradient
>2: In checkConv(attr(opt, "derivs"), opt$par, ctrl = control$checkConv,:
>Problem with Hessian check (infinite or missing values?)
>
>I used an optimizer, but It did not work. I do not know exactly if I need to
>account for standard errors in the repeatability test. It seems that the
>residuals are enough, but I would be grateful if you can share with me your
>thoughts about it. I ran a random-effects multilevel meta-analysis using
>effect size ID, study ID, species ID, and phylogenetic correlations as
>random effects. Then, I extracted standard residuals to use as a response
>variable in the repeatability test using rptR package. The test is a general
>linear mixed model which measures the among-group variance attributed to a
>particular random variable (corresponding to spatial replicates, for
>example) divided by the sum of the within-group residual variance and the
>among-group variance to calculate a R statistic. rpt function of rptR
>package also performs bootstrapping methods to calculate confidence
>intervals and P-values. Do you think that I need to include another variable
>within the repeatability model? Thank you in advance.
>
>Stoffel et al. 2007:
>https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/2041-
>210X.12797%4010.1111/%28ISSN%292041-210X.CODEVI2018
>
>All the best,
>_______________________________________________________
>
>Prof. Dr. Rafael Rios Moura
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>Departamento de Ciência Biológicas
>UEMG Ituiutaba
>
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