Greg Upgrade your packages to the supported versions (lme4 and Matrix), and use lmer and not lme.
### Example > example(lmer) > anova(fm1) Analysis of Variance Table Df Sum Sq Mean Sq F value Days 1 30032 30032 45.854 Your method for eta-squared with a mixed model is another story, however. > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Trafton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 1:57 PM > To: Doran, Harold > Cc: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] aov or lme effect size calculation > > Sorry about that. My problem is computational, not > statistical and exactly as you say: I don't quite know how > to get the correct variance component from either aov or lme. > the way to compute partial eta squared is: > > partial-eta-squared = SS(effect) / (SS(effect) + SS(error)) > > AOV gives Sum Squares for both effects and the interaction, > but lme doesn't even give that in default format. > > thanks, > greg > > On Sep 2, 2008, at 11:43 AM, Doran, Harold wrote: > > > Greg > > > > You haven't really explained what your problem is. If it is > conceptual > > (i.e., how do I do it) this is not really the right place > for in-depth > > statistical advice, but it is often given. OTOH, if your problem is > > computational, please explain what that is? For example, maybe you > > know how to compute eta-squared, but you want to extract > the variance > > component and you can't figure that out. > > > > Without more info, it is hard to help. Now, with that said, > with lme > > (or mixed models) you have multiple variance components, so > how would > > you go about computing eta-squared anyhow? > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Trafton > >> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 10:25 AM > >> To: r-help@r-project.org > >> Subject: [R] aov or lme effect size calculation > >> > >> (A repost of this request with a bit more detail) > >> > >> Hi, All. I'd like to calculate effect sizes for aov or > lme and seem > >> to have a bit of a problem. partial-eta squared would be my first > >> choice, but I'm open to suggestions. > >> > >> I have a completely within design with 2 conditions (condition and > >> palette). > >> > >> Here is the aov version: > >> > >>> fit.aov <- (aov(correct ~ cond * palette + Error(subject), > >> data=data)) > >>> summary(fit.aov) > >> > >> Error: subject > >> Df Sum Sq Mean Sq F value Pr(>F) Residuals 15 > >> 0.17326 0.01155 > >> > >> Error: Within > >> Df Sum Sq Mean Sq F value Pr(>F) > >> cond 1 0.32890 0.32890 52.047 4.906e-09 *** > >> palette 1 0.21971 0.21971 34.768 4.447e-07 *** > >> cond:palette 1 0.50387 0.50387 79.735 1.594e-11 *** > >> Residuals 45 0.28437 0.00632 > >> --- > >> Signif. codes: 0 '***' 0.001 '**' 0.01 '*' 0.05 '.' 0.1 ' ' 1 > >> > >> and here is the lme version: > >> > >>> fm1 <- lme(correct ~ cond * palette, random=~1 | subject, > >> data=data) > anova(fm1) > >> numDF denDF F-value p-value > >> (Intercept) 1 45 4031.042 <.0001 > >> cond 1 45 52.047 <.0001 > >> palette 1 45 34.768 <.0001 > >> cond:palette 1 45 79.735 <.0001 > >> > >> Thanks so much! > >> Greg > >> > >> ______________________________________________ > >> 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. > >> > > ______________________________________________ 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.