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   Hi Keith,

   it seems like a good starting position.  I recommend that you spend
   some time studying Pinheiro and Bates's book to see where t ogo from
   here.

   Cheers

   Andrew

   On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 02:58:51PM -0800, Keith Cox wrote:
   > I have three columns of data, Xc, Trt and fish.  This was a repeated
   > measures design with 6 measurements taken from each of 5 fish.  Xc is the
   > actual measurement, Trt is the treatment, and fish is the fish number.
   Data
   > can be seen below (hopefully it is in the column format).  I would like to
   > look for differences between treatments in a repeated measures format.  I
   > used the following code
   >
   >
   >
   > library(nlme)
   >
   >
   >
   > summary(lme(Xc~trt,data=R.exp,random=~1|fish))
   >
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   >
   > This seems to work and I would like to know if
   >
   >
   >
   > 1)    this is the right function for my question, if so, then
   >
   > 2)    in the summary, value is the first column, but what value is this.
   I
   > have searched in vain and cannot find the answer.  Any help or links to
   > examples would be appreciated greatly.
   >
   > Fixed effects: Xc ~ trt
   >
   >              Value Std.Error DF   t-value p-value
   >
   > (Intercept) 103.62  2.619657 20  39.55480       0
   >
   > trtB        -33.28  1.991197 20 -16.71356       0
   >
   > trtC        -39.38  1.991197 20 -19.77705       0
   >
   > trtD        -32.60  1.991197 20 -16.37206       0
   >
   > trtE        -47.32  1.991197 20 -23.76460       0
   >
   > trtF        -39.58  1.991197 20 -19.87749       0
   >
   >
   >
   >
   > Xc
   >
   > Trt
   >
   > fish
   >
   >
   > 109.1
   >
   > a
   >
   > 1
   >
   >
   > 73
   >
   > b
   >
   > 1
   >
   >
   > 68.4
   >
   > c
   >
   > 1
   >
   >
   > 74.8
   >
   > d
   >
   > 1
   >
   >
   > 60.3
   >
   > e
   >
   > 1
   >
   >
   > 57
   >
   > f
   >
   > 1
   >
   >
   > 106
   >
   > a
   >
   > 2
   >
   >
   > 72.3
   >
   > b
   >
   > 2
   >
   >
   > 67
   >
   > c
   >
   > 2
   >
   >
   > 70.6
   >
   > d
   >
   > 2
   >
   >
   > 58.2
   >
   > e
   >
   > 2
   >
   >
   > 66.2
   >
   > f
   >
   > 2
   >
   >
   > 102
   >
   > a
   >
   > 3
   >
   >
   > 67.1
   >
   > b
   >
   > 3
   >
   >
   > 61
   >
   > c
   >
   > 3
   >
   >
   > 68.4
   >
   > d
   >
   > 3
   >
   >
   > 50.2
   >
   > e
   >
   > 3
   >
   >
   > 64.7
   >
   > f
   >
   > 3
   >
   >
   > 105
   >
   > a
   >
   > 4
   >
   >
   > 76.6
   >
   > b
   >
   > 4
   >
   >
   > 68.8
   >
   > c
   >
   > 4
   >
   >
   > 77.7
   >
   > d
   >
   > 4
   >
   >
   > 61.8
   >
   > e
   >
   > 4
   >
   >
   > 75.7
   >
   > f
   >
   > 4
   >
   >
   > 96
   >
   > a
   >
   > 5
   >
   >
   > 62.7
   >
   > b
   >
   > 5
   >
   >
   > 56
   >
   > c
   >
   > 5
   >
   >
   > 63.6
   >
   > d
   >
   > 5
   >
   >
   > 51
   >
   > e
   >
   > 5
   >
   >
   > 56.6
   >
   > f
   >
   > 5
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   >
   > Marlin Keith Cox Ph.D.
   >
   > At-Sea Processor Professorship of Fisheries Biology
   > Science Chair
   >
   > Sheldon Jackson College
   >
   > Sitka, Alaska 99835
   >
   > 907.747.5296
   >
   > [1]http://www.sheldonjackson.edu
   >
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   --
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