Is this what you want? attr(VarCorr(merobject)[[1]], "stddev")
Alternately, look at: getMethod("VarCorr", signature = "mer") For what is happening behind the scenes and why I chose what I did to extract the standard deviations Cheers, Josh On Jan 19, 2011, at 11:32, Stephanie Cooke <cooke.stepha...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a loop that I would like to use to extract the "stddev" for > each itteration so I can average the "stddev" for all the runs. It > would be helpful to know how to extract the "stddev" for each run from > the VarCorr. Thanks > > MCruns<-1000 > sighatlvec<-rep(NA,MCruns) > sighatbvec<-rep(NA,MCruns) > sighatevec<-rep(NA,MCruns) > > for(mc in 1:MCruns) > { > > samples<-(sqrt(sigbsq)*rnorm(6)) > labs<-(sqrt(siglsq)*rnorm(2)) > errors<-(sqrt(sigesq)*rnorm(24)) > y<-errors+samples[sampfac]+labs[labfac] > lmer<-lmer(y~1+(1|sampfac)+(1|labfac)) > print(VC<-VarCorr(lmer)) > } > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.