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Any Insights on the adoption and use of the Healthy Akaike Information Criterion (hAIC)?

Recently, I came across the Healthy Akaike Information Criterion (hAIC), introduced by Demidenko in his 2004 book "Mixed Models: Theory and Applications with R." Despite its (potential) ...
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Reduce the model sequentially

I was given an ANOVA table and asked to reduce the model sequentially. I searched the online resources say: When reducing the model sequentially, you typically start by assessing the significance of ...
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Is parsimony crucial for statistical inference?

This question is based on using a regression for statistical inference (not prediction). I have conducted hierarchical (logistic mixed effects) regression. The first model includes the predictors of ...
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Finding optimal combination of covariates using cross validation

I have a logistic mixed model (lme4 package in R). I want to assess whether participants scores on the measures 'sumspq', 'sumpdi', and 'sumcaps' significantly affect the difference in performance ...
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How can I get a best model? An exploratory LMM

I'd like to inquire about the linear mixed model and its application to my dataset. The dataset comprises a dependent variable (DV) denoted as V, alongside three ...
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Calculate (quasi) AIC for mixed-effect baseline-category (multinomial logit) model

I am doing a discrete choice experiment where respondents are presented with different patient profiles, and for each profile, respondents need to choose one (out of three) treatment options. An ...
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Does adding a random intercept for subject address confounding variables within subjects (e.g. sex or age)?

Let's say I am interested in identifying associations between a blood protein and disease activity, but I have multiple measurements per subject. Based on a literature review, I expect sex differences ...
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How do you use ordinal response data with several random effects to do robust hypothesis testing?

I want to explore the roles of lung presence and habitat on tadpoles' ability to tolerate low oxygen levels. My experimental design generated several measurements of "responsiveness" (on an ...
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Associating a constant value over time with predictor variables

Question: How do you model a static response variable (change between baseline and final timepoint) with a variable that changes over time? Background: A person's inflammation levels are measured at 0,...
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number of parameters in Dirichlet Mixture Model clustering (non-bayesian)

I made a function that implements the clustering algorithm in the research article "Clustering compositional data using Dirichlet mixture model" (2022). I am now trying to figure out which ...
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Testing signifiance of random effects on large dataset

I want to do a mixed linear model, with two hierarchical random effects. I want to determine wether if these random effects are worth including in the model. I have tried so far doing : ...
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Model comparison for robust linear mixed effects models

I have fitted two robust linear mixed effects models, null.model and full.model, with same random-effects term, ...
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Linear mixed model - Model Selection

I have 290 clusters made up by subjects observed from one to 14 times, and a relative large number (45) are observed only once. I worked in R, and I considered subjects ID as random effect. The first ...
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Random effects and fixed effects in GLMM

I have the following model written. I have chosen for field as a random factor. I understood that an interaction between a fixed and random will be written as a fixed effect. As a result, I have the ...
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How to select predictor variables for linear mixed model?

I have a linear mixed model with ~30 clinical/treatment variables and repeated outcome variables for patients. E.g. The outcome variable is Breast symptom scores, which were collected at different ...
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