Thanks John! This ok?
> dput(head(data, 100)) structure(list(Id = c(7451L, 148L, 10393L, 10200L, 1961L, 10428L, 10541L, 10012L, 9895L, 10626L, 1151L, 8775L, 10083L, 6217L, 90L, 10168L, 10291L, 8549L, 3451L, 10003L, 5907L, 10136L, 6182L, 6315L, 10015L, 9956L, 2040L, 4710L, 10747L, 6787L, 1222L, 10757L, 2892L, 117L, 10328L, 10503L, 768L, 2979L, 1961L, 10520L, 10498L, 3018L, 10335L, 2448L, 9027L, 362L, 8499L, 10603L, 9489L, 2124L, 707L, 8501L, 4908L, 9905L, 3000L, 2819L, 9973L, 10550L, 9921L, 10639L, 8771L, 10121L, 32L, 9935L, 9299L, 3246L, 682L, 10325L, 6741L, 3295L, 5270L, 727L, 8500L, 50L, 4705L, 3018L, 787L, 2953L, 1391L, 3682L, 7974L, 5023L, 652L, 727L, 679L, 10212L, 9488L, 9987L, 10039L, 5025L, 250L, 2539L, 787L, 3000L, 1151L, 8946L, 6177L, 3296L, 250L, 498L), Level = structure(c(1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 1L), .Label = c("CHAMPIONSHIP", "CONFERENCE", "LEAGUE_ONE", "LEAGUE_TWO", "PREMIER_LEAGUE"), class = "factor"), AgeGr = c(14L, 16L, 10L, 10L, 13L, 10L, 10L, 10L, 10L, 10L, 14L, 10L, 10L, 10L, 12L, 10L, 10L, 12L, 10L, 10L, 10L, 10L, 12L, 10L, 10L, 10L, 10L, 10L, 10L, 15L, 10L, 10L, 10L, 12L, 10L, 10L, 13L, 10L, 13L, 11L, 11L, 13L, 12L, 11L, 12L, 14L, 13L, 13L, 13L, 13L, 12L, 11L, 15L, 11L, 14L, 13L, 11L, 11L, 11L, 12L, 14L, 12L, 13L, 11L, 13L, 15L, 11L, 13L, 13L, 13L, 14L, 13L, 13L, 12L, 13L, 13L, 13L, 14L, 12L, 14L, 13L, 13L, 13L, 13L, 13L, 12L, 13L, 14L, 13L, 14L, 13L, 14L, 13L, 14L, 14L, 13L, 14L, 13L, 13L, 13L), Position = structure(c(4L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 3L, 3L, 2L, 3L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 4L, 3L, 2L, 3L, 4L, 3L, 4L, 2L, 4L, 2L, 3L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 4L, 4L, 2L, 4L, 4L, 2L, 1L, 4L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 4L, 3L, 1L, 4L, 1L, 2L, 3L, 3L, 1L, 1L, 3L, 1L, 3L, 4L, 2L, 3L, 4L, 1L, 2L, 3L, 4L, 1L, 3L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 4L, 4L, 2L, 4L, 2L, 3L, 3L, 4L, 4L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 4L, 1L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 4L, 1L, 3L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 1L, 1L, 4L, 1L, 4L, 2L, 2L), .Label = c("D", "F", "GK", "M"), class = "factor"), Height = c(NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, 151L, NA, 154L, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, 156L, NA, 147L, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, 138L, 172L, NA, NA, 150L, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, 140L, 153L, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, 158L, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, 156L), Weight = c(63, 64, 36, 46, 67, 40, 25, 30, 36, 33, 61, 31, 29, 34, 47, 38, 32, 44, 32, 32, 30, 34, 51, 34, 28, 27, 33, 31, 28, 44, 37, 46, 26, 42, 32, 32, 43, 31, 72, 27, 30, 55, 53, 50, 51, 55, 48.6, 49, 48, 64, 35, 32, 55, 32, 50, 61, 42, 33, 37, 45, 45, 50, 36, 33, 49, 59, 42, 43, 35.1, 66.9, 52, 47, 40, 38, 45, 53, 44, 54, 39, 62, 33, 53.8, 42, 46, 39, 48, 39, 54, 40, 42.4, 50, 48, 46, 52, 58, 40, 46, 51, 54, 42), BMI = c(NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, 21.2, NA, 20.24, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, 18.49, NA, 16.66, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, 18.57, 22.61, NA, NA, 17.77, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, 16.84, 22.86, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, 16.9, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, NA, 17.26), YoYo = c(80L, 80L, 160L, 160L, 160L, 160L, 160L, 160L, 160L, 160L, 160L, 160L, 160L, 160L, 160L, 160L, 160L, 160L, 160L, 160L, 160L, 160L, 160L, 160L, 160L, 160L, 160L, 160L, 160L, 160L, 160L, 160L, 160L, 160L, 160L, 160L, 160L, 160L, 200L, 200L, 200L, 200L, 200L, 200L, 200L, 200L, 200L, 200L, 200L, 200L, 200L, 200L, 200L, 200L, 200L, 200L, 200L, 200L, 200L, 200L, 200L, 200L, 200L, 200L, 200L, 200L, 200L, 240L, 240L, 240L, 240L, 240L, 240L, 240L, 240L, 240L, 240L, 240L, 240L, 240L, 240L, 240L, 240L, 240L, 240L, 240L, 240L, 240L, 240L, 240L, 240L, 240L, 240L, 240L, 240L, 240L, 240L, 240L, 240L, 240L)), .Names = c("Id", "Level", "AgeGr", "Position", "Height", "Weight", "BMI", "YoYo"), row.names = c(NA, 100L), class = "data.frame") On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 10:43 PM, John Kane <jrkrid...@inbox.com> wrote: > > Hi Josh, > > Just a sample is usually fine. As long as it cover a representative > (must be time for dinner---I was going to type reprehensibe) sample of the > data then something like dput(head(mydata, 100) ) works well. > > Kingston ON Canada > > -----Original Message----- > From: joshuamichaeldi...@gmail.com > Sent: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 21:30:39 +0100 > To: li...@dewey.myzen.co.uk > Subject: Re: [R] Help Interpreting Linear Mixed Model > > Apologies for my ignorance! > > Thierry - thank you for the reading. I'll look into those ASAP! > > John - The data set I have is quite large, when using the dput() command > I'm unsure if it actually fits the whole output into the console. I can't > scroll up far enough to see the actual command. I can paste what is there > if that may help? The bottom line: > > Names = c("Id", "Level", "AgeGr", "Position", "Height", "Weight", "BMI", > "YoYo"), class = "data.frame", row.names = c(NA, -9689L)) > > Michael - Essentially, I'm looking for differences between "YoYo" outcome > for "Positions", "Levels" and accounting for repeated measures using "Id" > as a random factor. So I was able to figure out points 2 and 3. > > I've searched for definitions of "Scaled residuals", "Random > effects", "Fixed effects", "Correlation of Fixed Effects". However, I'm > confused at the different interpretations I've found. Or quite possibly, > I'm just confused... What should I be looking out for in these variables? > > I've tried to take my analysis smaller, and just look at specifics, to > make it simpler. Such as, comparing YoYo (outcome score) for a > Premier_League (Level), 22 (AgeGr) F (Position) with a Premier_League > (Level), 22 (AgeGr) M (Position). How do I convert these into a factors > for analysis? > > Simple question maybe, but it's not when you can't find the answer! > > Thank you, > > Josh > > On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Michael Dewey <li...@dewey.myzen.co.uk> > wrote: > > Dear Joshua > > It would also help if you told us what your scientific question was. At > the moment we know what R commands you used and have seen the head of your > dataset but not why you are doing it. > > I would summarise what you have given us as > > 1 - most ID only occur once > 2 - goal keepers do worse than outfield players > 3 - older people (presumably in fact age is in years as a continuous > variable) do better > > On 27/04/2015 12:42, John Kane wrote: > > John Kane > Kingston ON Canada > > -----Original Message----- > From: joshuamichaeldi...@gmail.com > Sent: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 08:54:51 +0100 > To: thierry.onkel...@inbo.be > Subject: Re: [R] Help Interpreting Linear Mixed Model > > Hello Thierry, > > No, this isn't homework. Not that young unfortunately. > > A few years ago a friend of mine and her daughter were neck-in-neck on > who got their Ph.D first. What's this "not that young" business? > > BTW, a better way to supply sample data is to use the dput() command. > > Do a dput(mydata), copy the results into the email and you have supplied > us with an exact copy of your data. > > It is possible for many reasons that I will not read in your data, as you > supplied it, in the format you have it in. This can lead to real confusion. > > Josh > > On 27 Apr 2015, at 08:06, Thierry Onkelinx < > thierry.onkel...@inbo.be> > wrote: > > Dear Josh, > > Is this homework? Because the list has a no homework policy. > > Best regards, > > ir. Thierry Onkelinx > Instituut voor natuur- en bosonderzoek / Research Institute for Nature > and Forest > team Biometrie & Kwaliteitszorg / team Biometrics & Quality Assurance > Kliniekstraat 25 > 1070 Anderlecht > Belgium > > To call in the statistician after the experiment is done may be no more > than asking him to perform a post-mortem examination: he may be able to > say what the experiment died of. ~ Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher > The plural of anecdote is not data. ~ Roger Brinner > The combination of some data and an aching desire for an answer does not > ensure that a reasonable answer can be extracted from a given body of > data. ~ John Tukey > > 2015-04-27 2:26 GMT+02:00 Joshua Dixon <joshuamichaeldi...@gmail.com>: > > Hello! > > Very new to R (10 days), and I've run the linear mixed model, below. > Attempting to interpret what it means... What do I need to look for? > Residuals, correlations of fixed effects?! > > How would I look at very specific interactions, such as PREMIER_LEAGUE > (Level) 18 (AgeGr) GK (Position) mean difference to CHAMPIONSHIP 18 > GK? > > For reference my data set looks like this: > > Id Level AgeGr Position Height Weight BMI YoYo > 7451 CHAMPIONSHIP 14 M NA 63 NA 80 > 148 PREMIER_LEAGUE 16 D NA 64 NA 80 > 10393 CONFERENCE 10 D NA 36 NA 160 > 10200 CHAMPIONSHIP 10 F NA 46 NA 160 > 1961 LEAGUE_TWO 13 GK NA 67 NA 160 > 10428 CHAMPIONSHIP 10 GK NA 40 NA 160 > 10541 LEAGUE_ONE 10 F NA 25 NA 160 > 10012 CHAMPIONSHIP 10 GK NA 30 NA 160 > 9895 CHAMPIONSHIP 10 D NA 36 NA 160 > > Many thanks in advance for time and help. Really appreciate it. > > Josh > > summary(lmer(YoYo~AgeGr+Position+(1|Id))) > > Linear mixed model fit by REML ['lmerMod'] > Formula: YoYo ~ AgeGr + Position + (1 | Id) > > REML criterion at convergence: 125712.2 > > Scaled residuals: > Min 1Q Median 3Q Max > -3.4407 -0.5288 -0.0874 0.4531 4.8242 > > Random effects: > Groups Name Variance Std.Dev. > Id (Intercept) 15300 123.7 > Residual 16530 128.6 > Number of obs: 9609, groups: Id, 6071 > > Fixed effects: > Estimate Std. Error t value > (Intercept) -521.6985 16.8392 -30.98 > AgeGr 62.6786 0.9783 64.07 > PositionD 139.4682 7.8568 17.75 > PositionM 141.2227 7.7072 18.32 > PositionF 135.1241 8.1911 16.50 > > Correlation of Fixed Effects: > (Intr) AgeGr PostnD PostnM > AgeGr -0.910 > PositionD -0.359 -0.009 > PositionM -0.375 0.001 0.810 > PositionF -0.349 -0.003 0.756 0.782 > > model=lmer(YoYo~AgeGr+Position+(1|Id)) > summary(glht(model,linfct=mcp(Position="Tukey"))) > > Simultaneous Tests for General Linear Hypotheses > > Multiple Comparisons of Means: Tukey Contrasts > > Fit: lmer(formula = YoYo ~ AgeGr + Position + (1 | Id)) > > Linear Hypotheses: > Estimate Std. Error z value Pr(>|z|) > D - GK == 0 139.468 7.857 17.751 <1e-04 *** > M - GK == 0 141.223 7.707 18.323 <1e-04 *** > F - GK == 0 135.124 8.191 16.496 <1e-04 *** > M - D == 0 1.754 4.799 0.366 0.983 > F - D == 0 -4.344 5.616 -0.774 0.862 > F - M == 0 -6.099 5.267 -1.158 0.645 > --- > Signif. codes: 0 ‘***’ 0.001 ‘**’ 0.01 ‘*’ 0.05 ‘.’ 0.1 ‘ ’ 1 > (Adjusted p values reported -- single-step method) > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help [ > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help] > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html [ > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html] > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help [ > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help] > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html [ > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html] > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > ____________________________________________________________ > FREE ONLINE PHOTOSHARING - Share your photos online with your friends and > family! > Visit http://www.inbox.com/photosharing [ > http://www.inbox.com/photosharing] to find out more! > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help [ > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help] > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html [ > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html] > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > -- > Michael > http://www.dewey.myzen.co.uk/home.html [ > http://www.dewey.myzen.co.uk/home.html] > > ____________________________________________________________ > Can't remember your password? 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