Dear R-help community, I would like to simulate type I error for a random-effects model I generated.
The statistic of interest is standard deviations of the random intercept and random slope. Specifically, for random intercept, H_{0}: lambda_{0} =2 and H_{1}: lambda_{0} not equal to 2; for random slope, H_{0}: lambda_{1} =1 and H_{1}: lambda_{1} not equal to 1. I assume the test would be likelihood ratio test but please correct me if I am wrong. How do I assess type I error for the random-effects model I specified below: set.seed(323) #The following code is to specify the structure and parameters of the random-effects model dtfunc = function(nsub){ time = 0:9 rt = c() time.all = rep(time, nsub) subid.all = as.factor(rep(1:nsub, each = length(time))) # Step 1: Specify the lambdas. G = matrix(c(2^2, 0, 0, 1^2), nrow = 2) int.mean = 251 slope.mean = 10 sub.ints.slopes = mvrnorm(nsub, c(int.mean, slope.mean), G) sub.ints = sub.ints.slopes[,1] time.slopes = sub.ints.slopes[,2] # Step 2: Use the intercepts and slopes to generate RT data sigma = 30 for (i in 1:nsub){ rt.vec = sub.ints[i] + time.slopes[i]*time + rnorm(length(time), sd = sigma) rt = c(rt, rt.vec) } dat = data.frame(rt, time.all, subid.all) return(dat) } #Here I run one random-effects model set.seed(10) dat = dtfunc(16) lmer(rt~time.all + (1+time.all |subid.all), dat) Assuming the test for significance is likelihood ratio test and so in the end, I want to see if I run the test 1000 times, what is the probability of rejecting null hypothesis when it is TRUE. Also, how do I plot the behavior of type I error if I change the values of standard deviations? Any help is appreciated! Best, Chao [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.