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

[Douglas Bates]

On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Sebastian P. Luque <spluque at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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?
>

I am happy to have you be added to the AppLong project.  If you have
an R-forge login then please look up the AppLong project and click on
the "request to join" link.