[R-sig-ME] Free statistical analysis material?

[Ben Bolker]

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  Your 'contrast' vector for 8  conditions seems reasonable.  It really
represents a single row of the *inverse* contrast matrix (since it
describes the linear combination of group means that determines the
parameter value not the linear combination of values that determines a
group mean).  It would have to be embedded in the same kind of
conversion code as in the examples you showed for closure and expertise
in your example.

  Did you read the PDF I linked to?

  cheers
   Ben Bolker

On 2018-05-14 04:38 PM, Luca Danieli wrote:
> Thank you for confirming the confusion.
> 
> In general, in the example the first contrast is about the first
> effect/variable (in this case a "musical closure") and has 4 conditions,
> so I create a contrast like:
> 
> condition 4 > conditions 1, 2, 3
> 
> -> cl_c1 = c(-1/3,-1/3,-1/3,1)
> 
> Now I want to look at another effect/variable (named "position"). This
> has 8 conditions and I have to make a contrast like
> 
> conditions 1, 2 > conditions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
> Hipotetically should be (?):
> 
> -> ps_c1 = c(0.5, 0.5, -1/6, -1/6, -1/6, -1/6, -1/6, -1/6)
> 
> ? Guess I am wrong?
> 
> Btw, I received the following reply from the mailing list by a certain
> Elisa Rose. Maybe you want to dig into the issue?
> 
> Hey  {fullname}   ///I guess that given the mailing list it couldn't
> detect my name
> Thanks for your response. Can I have a pic or two to start talking?
> Please respond with pics/infos, Hope to hear back from you asap.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
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> *To:* r-sig-mixed-models at r-project.org
> *Subject:* Re: [R-sig-ME] Free statistical analysis material?
>  
> 
>   Contrasts are confusing, and not specific to LMMs.  You might see if
> 
> http://bbolker.github.io/mixedmodels-misc/notes/contrasts.pdf
> 
> helps at all.  (From a quick glance at your question & code below, I'm
> not sure what you mean by "2 conditions > 6 conditions" ???)
> 
> On 2018-05-14 03:48 PM, Luca Danieli wrote:
>> Hello everybody,
>> 
>> I am trying the difficult task to conclude an interdisciplinary PhD.
>> Statistics looks nice, and I have learned a lot about the basic principles and methodologies, and how they work.
>> 
>> But I miss a lot. In particular all the little variations and methods due to interpretations and methodologies (for example now I am looking at the function of contrasts in mixed-effects models), and generally, from theory to applied statistics there is an incredible gap.
>> 
>> Is anybody in this list (as I don't really have a mentor on statistics nor I know statisticians) be able to point me to some free materials (books, tutorials) to study the topic in detail, but not too much in detail?
>> 
>> For example, in this moment, I am trying to figure the following script out. I understand it on its general lines, but there are really obscure points in my head on understanding the "why".
>> In the following example, what I don't understand is just the contrasts, but the person who is following me (who is a very nice person) has given me the task to figure out the best way to make a contrast "2 conditions > 6 conditions". She has suggested some guessing, but she is not a specialist.
>> 
>> I was thinking that maybe you that are specialists know some free not-too-long source that I could read to move around.
>> 
>> ----
>> 
>> library(lmerTest)
>> 
>> str(datasheet.complete)
>> # set Score as numeric
>> datasheet.complete$Score = as.numeric(datasheet.complete$Score)
>> 
>> levels(datasheet.complete$Closure)
>> 
>> # closure contrasts
>> cl_c1 = c(-1/3,-1/3,-1/3,1)
>> cl_c2 = c(-1/2,-1/2,1,0)
>> cl_c3 = c(-1,1,0,0)
>> closuremat.temp = rbind(constant = 1/4,cl_c1,cl_c2,cl_c3)
>> closuremat = solve(closuremat.temp)
>> closuremat = closuremat[, -1]
>> closuremat
>> 
>> # expertise contrasts
>> 
>> exp_c1 = c(-1/2,-1/2,1)
>> exp_c2 = c(-1,1,0)
>> expmat.temp = rbind(constant = 1/3,exp_c1,exp_c2)
>> expmat = solve(expmat.temp)
>> expmat = expmat[, -1]
>> expmat
>> 
>> # set contrast
>> contrasts(datasheet.complete$Closure) = closuremat
>> contrasts(datasheet.complete$ExpertiseType) = expmat
>> 
>> 
>> modela = lmer(Score~1+(1|Participant)+(1|Item), data = datasheet.complete, REML = TRUE)
>> modelb = update(modela,.~.+ExpertiseType)
>> modelc = update(modelb,.~.+Closure)
>> modeld = update(modelc,.~.+ExpertiseType*Closure)
>> 
>> anova(modela,modelb,modelc,modeld)
>> 
>> model = lmer(Score~Closure*ExpertiseType+(1|Participant)+(1|Item), data = datasheet.complete, REML = TRUE)
>> summary(model)
>> 
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