Re: [R] Mixed models quantile regression

There is no generally agreed upon notion of random effects for quantile regression applications. Insofar as one is willing to accept the idea that random effects are just "shrunken fixed effects" one can consider similar schemes in the QR context; one such is described in “Quantile Regressio

[R] Mixed models quantile regression

Dear R, I have a question concerning quantile regression models. I am using the quantile regression model to test the relationship between abalone and the percentage cover of algae etc at different sites and depths. An example is fit<-rq(abalone~%coversessileinvertebrates+factor(Depth)+factor(S