Dear listers,

Here we have a strange result we can hardly cope with. We want to compare a null mixed model with a mixed model with one independent variable.

> lmmedt1<-lme(mediane~1, random=~1|site, na.action=na.omit, data=bdd2)
> lmmedt9<-lme(mediane~log(0.0001+transat), random=~1|site, na.action=na.omit, data=bdd2)

Using the Akaike Criterion and selMod of the package pgirmess gives the following output:

> selMod(list(lmmedt1,lmmedt9))
model LL K N2K AIC deltAIC w_i AICc deltAICc w_ic 2 log(1e-04 + transat) 44.63758 4 7.5 -81.27516 0.000000 0.65 -79.67516 0.000000 0.57 1 1 43.02205 3 10.0 -80.04410 1.231069 0.35 -79.12102 0.554146 0.43

The usual conclusion would be that the two models are equivalent and to keep the null model for parsimony (!).

However, an anova shows that the variable 'log(1e-04 + transat)' is significantly different from 0 in model 2 (lmmedt9)

> anova(lmmedt9)
                    numDF denDF   F-value p-value
(Intercept)              1    20 289.43109  <.0001
log(1e-04 + transat)     1    20  31.18446  <.0001

Has anyone an opinion about what looks like a paradox here ?

Patrick



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