[R-sig-ME] Interaction between random and fixed effects

Vinicius Maia v|n|c|u@@@@m@|@77 @end|ng |rom gm@||@com
Mon May 31 21:20:38 CEST 2021


Dear Thierry,

Thank you for your response.
Local is coded with the name of the local, but I believe the nesting is
implicit in the data.

with(dataset, isNested(as.character(Local), as.character(Year)))
returns TRUE

The example is attached.

Best wishes,

Vinícius

Em seg., 31 de mai. de 2021 às 16:10, Thierry Onkelinx <
thierry.onkelinx using inbo.be> escreveu:

> Dear Vinicius,
>
> What did you ran the interaction as a fixed effect Year:Local or a
> random effect (1|Year:Local)?  How did you code Local: as a unique value
> for every Local and Year combinations? Please do share output or a minimal
> example so we know exactly what you did. I'm still a novice at mind reading.
>
> Best regards,
>
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> Op ma 31 mei 2021 om 20:57 schreef Vinicius Maia <
> vinicius.a.maia77 using gmail.com>:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have a subtle doubt in how to interpret the interaction between fixed
>> (or
>> even random) and random effects in the following case.
>>
>> I have a model: Y ~ Year + (1|Local)+(1|Genotype) + (Year:Local:Genotype)
>> Year is a fixed effect because it has only 4 levels.
>>
>> I ran the model with the random and fixed effect interaction just to
>> explore, but I was not expecting that it would work because Locals are
>> completely nested within Years.
>>
>> To my surprise, the model ran and the variance of Year:Local:Genotype are
>> quite big. How is it possible to have Local interacting with Year if they
>> are nested? I also tried: Y ~ Year + (1|Local)+(1|Genotype) + (Year:Local)
>> and the model rans too, without singular fit.
>>
>> I am struggling to understand if random interactions (it also extends to
>> cases where the interactions are only between nested random effects) mean
>> that the variance between Locals changes with Years or if the effect of a
>> given Local changes with Years. If it is the former option I can
>> understand
>> why the model ran and has a high variance for the interaction, but if it
>> is
>> the later case (which I believe it is), how does the model estimate an
>> interaction for Local:Year if they are nested?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Vinícius Maia
>>
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