See my responses in brackets below. ----- Original Message ----- From: Rolf Turner <rolf.tur...@xtra.co.nz> To: Scott Raynaud <scott.rayn...@yahoo.com> Cc: "r-help@r-project.org" <r-help@r-project.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 6:04 PM Subject: Re: [R] package installtion
On 17/11/11 05:37, Scott Raynaud wrote: > That might be an option if it weren't my most important predictor. I'm > thinking my best bet is to use MLWin for the estimation since it will > properly set fixed effects > to 0. All my other sample size simulation programs use SAS PROC IML which I >don't have/can't afford. I like R since it's free, but I can't work around >the problem > I'm currently having. This is the ``push every possible button until you get a result and to hell with what anything actually means'' approach to statistics [Well, I'm simply echoing the simulation software instructions in planning to use MLWin. I assume the approach is validated. In the meantime, I'd like to have a deeper understanding of why R isn't working. I have a hunch, but don''t know how to confirm it]. The probability of getting a *meaningful* result from this approach is close to zero [You're most certainly right if there is no sound rationale behind the method. In this case there is and the probability is much higher than you state. That's not to say I haven't made an error somewhere. Maybe further investigation of sort I endeavor to pursue will reveal that]. Why don't you try to *understand* what is going on [Precisely what I'm trying to do. However, I need help which I hope I can find here.], rather than wildly throwing every possible piece of software at the problem [It's not wildly throwing every piece of software at the problem. It's simply a matter of understanding what works and what doesn't] until one such piece runs? cheers, Rolf Turner ______________________________________________ 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.
