Hi Dave, Thank you for your helpful advice. I will take a look at the multicomp package.
I was wondering where the lme() function outputs the interaction between condition*difficulty? Below is the output to the code I had originally sent. Which one of these is condition*difficulty? Fixed effects: value ~ condition * diff Value Std.Error DF t-value p-value (Intercept) 300109.95 9506.690 688 31.568289 0.0000 condition2 27717.65 9071.048 688 3.055617 0.0023 condition3 -23718.72 9071.048 688 -2.614772 0.0091 diff50 56767.55 9071.048 688 6.258103 0.0000 diff75 120031.80 9071.048 688 13.232408 0.0000 condition2:diff50 -45481.21 12828.399 688 -3.545354 0.0004 condition3:diff50 7333.37 12828.399 688 0.571651 0.5677 condition2:diff75 -38765.77 12828.399 688 -3.021871 0.0026 condition3:diff75 12919.59 12828.399 688 1.007109 0.3142 Also, why are diff25 and condition1 missing from the output?? Thanks again for your generous help!!! Best, Dave Deriso On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 10:08 PM, David Atkins <datk...@u.washington.edu> wrote: > > Dave-- > > Given that you want all comparisons among all means in your design, you > won't get that directly in a call to lme (or lmer in lme4 package). Take a > look at multcomp package and its vignettes, where I think you'll find what > you're looking for. > > cheers, Dave > > -- > Dave Atkins, PhD > Research Associate Professor > Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science > University of Washington > datk...@u.washington.edu > > Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors (CSHRB) > 1100 NE 45th Street, Suite 300 > Seattle, WA 98105 > 206-616-3879 > http://depts.washington.edu/cshrb/ > (Mon-Wed) > > Center for Healthcare Improvement, for Addictions, Mental Illness, > Medically Vulnerable Populations (CHAMMP) > 325 9th Avenue, 2HH-15 > Box 359911 > Seattle, WA 98104? > 206-897-4210 > http://www.chammp.org > (Thurs) > > Dear R Experts, > > I am attempting to run a mixed effects model on a within-subjects repeated > measures design, but I am unsure if I am doing it properly. I was hoping > that someone would be able to offer some guidance. > > There are 5 independent variables (subject, condition, difficulty, > repetition) and 1 dependent measure (value). Condition and difficulty are > fixed effects and have 3 levels each (1,2,3 and 25,50,75 respectively), > while subject and repetition are random effects. Three repeated measurements > (repetitions) were taken for each condition x difficulty pair for each > subject, making this an entirely within-subject design. > > > > I would like an output that compares the significance of the 3 levels of > difficulty for each condition, as well as the overall interaction of > condition*difficulty. The ideal output would look like this: > > condition1:diff25 vs. condition1:diff50 p_value = .... > condition1:diff25 vs. condition1:diff75 p_value = .... > condition1:diff50 vs. condition1:diff75 p_value = .... > > condition2:diff25 vs. condition1:diff50 p_value = .... > condition2:diff25 vs. condition1:diff75 p_value = .... > condition2:diff50 vs. condition1:diff75 p_value = .... > > condition3:diff25 vs. condition1:diff50 p_value = .... > condition3:diff25 vs. condition1:diff75 p_value = .... > condition3:diff50 vs. condition1:diff75 p_value = .... > > condition*diff p_value = .... > > > > Here is my code: > > #get the data > study.data =read.csv("http://files.davidderiso.com/example_data.csv";, > header=T) > attach(study.data) > subject = factor(subject) > condition = factor(condition) > diff = factor(diff) > rep = factor(rep) > > #visualize whats happening > interaction.plot(diff, condition, value, ylim=c(240000, > 450000),ylab="value", xlab="difficulty", trace.label="condition") > > #compute the significance > library(nlme) > study.lme = lme(value~condition*diff,random=~1|subject/rep) > summary(study.lme) > > > > Thank you so much for your generous help!!! > > Best, > Dave Deriso > UCSD Psychology > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > 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.