[R-sig-ME] Random formula

[ONKELINX, Thierry]

Dear Sebastiaan,

Models with nested random effects can be done with nlme. Have a loot at
section 4.2.3 of Pinheiro and Bates (2000) Mixed effects models in S and
S-plus.

You will need something like

lme(response ~ climate_factor*pruning, random = list(provenance = ~
pruning, tree = ~1))

HTH,

Thierry

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Sebastiaan
Verzonden: maandag 15 juni 2009 16:23
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Onderwerp: [R-sig-ME] Random formula

Hi,

I measured leaf characteristics. The leaves are grouped in trees which
are, on their turn, grouped in provenances.
I want to model those leaf characteristics in function of climate
variables (measured on provenance level) and pruning characteristics
(measured on tree level). I also want to see if the effect of pruning
differs between provenances (provenance-pruning interaction).
The problem is that there cannot be an interaction between pruning and
tree, because pruning is measured on tree level. 

in lme4, I think I can specify this model as follows:

response ~ climate_factor*pruning + (pruning|provenance) +
(1|provenance/tree)

Or is there another way?

Is it possible to define this model in the nlme library (I need a
variance structure, which doesn't exist in lme4)?

Thanks a lot!
Sebastiaan

Sebastiaan De Smedt
Department of Bioscience Engineering
University of Antwerp
Belgium
Tel.: +32 (0)3 265 35 17
Fax.: +32 (0)3 265 32 25

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