On 14.02.2010 21:20, Benjamin Cheah wrote:
Hi all,
I've been struggling with trying to specify a diagnoal matrix for linear mixed
effects model. I think I've got nearly everything correct, except the following
message appears:
In lme.formula(fixed = fwave ~ sex + sexXbulbar + visit + age + :
Fewer observations than random effects in all level 1 groups
Not sure if i've provided enough details, but I'm basically trying to perform a
mixed effects model analysis, controlling for several covariates. Incorporating
random effects for the intercept and slope.
What does the second line, 'Fewer observations than random effects in all level
1 groups' mean?
That your data is lacking degrees of freedom? In short: You need at
least one observation for each parameter estimate to be able to estimate
any coefficients, and you need much more in order to get sensible
results. Hence you need either more data or need to estimate less
parameters.
Best,
Uwe Ligges
Many thanks in advance,
Ben Cheah
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