[R-sig-ME] number of cases required to satisfy the assumptions of mixed models

[Ben Bolker]

Martí Casals <mcasals at ...> writes:

> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have a question. I worked with a study about performance on basketball.
> 
> The final data employed for the analysis were composed of 2187 cases (27
> players * 81 games), having followed a filtering process. I dealt with a
> balanced study design with repeated measurements given that each player was
> observed the same number of games, and therefore the player was considered
> as a random effect. We carried out two mixed models, a Linear Mixed Model
> (LMM) through the nlme library (Pinheiro) and a Poisson mixed model with
> lme4 package (Bates) .
> 
> *The reviewer  has one query about the number of cases required to satisfy
> the assumptions of the modelling technique.*
>

  I tried an example:

http://rpubs.com/bbolker/3324 

 You might want to redo this with input parameters that are more
realistic for your specific situation ...