Not really an R question, now is it ? more like pure stats. I'm guessing you didn't get an answer because this list can't tell you how to analyze your data (or in your case, approve an incorrect analysis).
Regarding the part of your question that is R related, I think you may be confused on what the dispersion parameter is. In summary.glm it is reported in the line above the null deviance: "(Dispersion parameter for quasibinomial family taken to be ...)". You said "the dispersion factor is the same for the quasibinomial...". I doubt that for any real data it gets estimated at 1 (which was assumed for the binomial family model). Also, since you say your p-values are higher on the second model, that leads me to believe it is indeed taken to be greater than 1. Check the two models again. Regards On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 4:11 AM, Jhope <[email protected]> wrote: > After looking at 48 glm binomial models I decided to try the quasibinomial > with the top model 25 (lowest AIC). To try to account for overdispersion > (residual deviance 2679.7/68 d.f.) After doing so the dispersion factor is > the same for the quasibinomial and less sectors of the beach were > significant by p-value. While the p-values in the binomial were more > significant for each section of the beach. -- telling me more about the > beach. > > Is this ok? Can I just look at the binomial glm model 25 and look at its > p-values for beach sections and forget about the quasibinomial model 25? > > J > > > Call: > glm(formula = cbind(Shells, TotalEggs - Shells) ~ Sector:Veg:Aeventexhumed, > family = quasibinomial, data = data.to.analyze) > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/binomial-vs-quasibinomial-tp4364371p4364371.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > [email protected] 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. ______________________________________________ [email protected] 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.
