[R-sig-ME] examples in Applied Longitudinal Analysis

[Sebastian P. Luque]

On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:23:31 -0500,
Douglas Bates <bates-GX8I/T4BApV4piUD7e9S/g at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 8:17 AM, Fredrik Nilsson <laf.nilsson-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> Dear Sebastian and Doug,

>> I don't quite understand, is it the data sets in Applied Longitudinal
>> Analysis that is wanted? If so, I made a search on "fitzmaurice
>> applied longitudinal analysis data set" and found some data sets on
>> http://biosun1.harvard.edu/~fitzmaur/ala/ (the homepage of what I
>> assume is the "book"). Or is it the syntax of the analyses that you
>> (Sebastian) wants?

> I knew of the site with the data sets and had planned to create an R
> package for the data sets but then I ran out of steam.  (I'm better at
> starting projects than at finishing them.)  In my message I intended
> to say that if anyone else wanted to create an R package of the data
> sets and perhaps sample analyses corresponding to those in the book I
> would be happy to support them.  To avoid potential confusion, I would
> be happy to remove the project that I had started but not finished.

Yes, I was looking for some worked examples using lme4 to learn more
about the syntax in lme4 as I read the book, since I'm more used to
nlme.  I can volunteer to package the data sets first, and later include
some analyses from the book with some help for sure.

AFAICS, there are no files at all in the R-Forge project AppLong.
Should I start this as another R-Forge project/package, perhaps naming
it ALA (to follow the convention at CRAN from this kind of package), or
keep the project Dr. Bates started and develop there?


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Seb