[R] Installing RGL on SuSE 9.3

2005-05-30 Thread Shige Song
I am running R 2.10 on SuSE 9.3. When I tried to install the package "rgl", I got error message: ... In file included from pixmap.cpp:13: pngpixmap.h: In static member function `static void PNGPixmapFormat::Load::info_callback(png_struct*, png_info*)': pngpixmap.h:149: error: invalid conversion

Re: [R] simplified Chinese and traditional Chinese translation for R manuals

2005-06-06 Thread Shige Song
Thanks for the excellent work! Shige On 6/6/05, Yuandan Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Guohui, > > Great effort for translating this document into Chinese. I will > certainly read through and send some feedback to you. > > Best > > Yuandan > > Guohui Ding wrote: > > >Hi, every one, > >I

[R] How to save changed options in Rcmdr

2005-06-22 Thread Shige Song
Dear All, I want to change the default options of Rcmdr; it seemed to work when I made changes and click the "Exit and Restart R Commander". However, next time I open Rcmdr, it automatically restored to the default options. Is there a way to change Rcmdr's options permanently? Thanks! Shige

[R] Another question about Rcmdr

2005-06-23 Thread Shige Song
Hi, I downloaded the new R 2.1.1 source, compiled and installed on my suse 9.3 box. Then I installed the package Rcmdr. Surprisingly, I cannot type anything onto the script window. I uninstalled R and grabbed an rpm version from CRAN, installed it, and installed Rcmdr, same problem! Has anyone el

[R] Documents for LME4

2005-08-13 Thread Shige Song
Dear All, I want to fit a two-level cross-classified random effect poisson model using LME4. However, the documentation for this pacakge seems really thin. I have the NLME book, but there is not much about mixed generalized linear models. Any suggestions about where I should begin? Thanks! Best,

[R] Two-level Poisson model with cross classified random effects

2005-08-16 Thread Shige Song
Dear All, I have two-level data with individual as level-1, birth cohort and community as level-2. All the level-2 covariates are generated from the level-1 covariates by cross-classifying by cohort and community. >From what I read, an ordinary three-level model with individual nesed within birth

[R] two-level poisson, again

2005-08-16 Thread Shige Song
Hi, I compare results of a simple two-level poisson estimated using lmer and those estimated using MLwiN and Stata (v.9). In R, I trype: --- m2 <- lmer(.D ~ offset(log(.Y)) + (1|pcid2) + educy + agri, male, po

Re: [R] Mixed Effects Model Power Calculations

2005-08-17 Thread Shige Song
Hi Dimitris, Thank you so much! That really helps! Shige On 8/17/05, Dimitris Rizopoulos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know what specific application Rick has in mind, but if there > is possibility of missing values (which is common, e.g., in > longitudinal studies) then this should also

Re: [R] Two-level Poisson model with cross classified random effects

2005-08-17 Thread Shige Song
Dear Renaud, Thank you very much! So now lme4 has both laplace and adaptive quadrature? Wow, that's really impressive! Shige On 8/17/05, Renaud Lancelot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Shige Song a écrit : > > Dear All, > > > > I have two-level data with individ

[R] How to assess significance of random effect in lme4

2005-08-17 Thread Shige Song
Dear All, With kind help from several friends on the list, I am getting close. Now here are something interesting I just realized: for random effects, lmer reports standard deviation instead of standard error! Is there a hidden option that tells lmer to report standard error of random effects, lik

Re: [R] How to assess significance of random effect in lme4

2005-08-17 Thread Shige Song
If you want the > posterior variance of an HLM model you need to extract it. > > > > -----Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of > Shige Song > Sent: Wed 8/17/2005 6:30 AM > To: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch > Cc: > S

[R] Error messages using LMER

2005-08-18 Thread Shige Song
Dear All, After playing with lmer for couple of days, I have to say that I am amazed! I've been using quite some multilevel/mixed modeling packages, lme4 is a strong candidate for the overall winner, especially for multilevel generzlized linear models. Now go back to my two-level poisson model wi

Re: [R] Error messages using LMER

2005-08-18 Thread Shige Song
#x27;X is indefinite Thanks! Shige On 8/18/05, Douglas Bates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/18/05, Shige Song <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear All, > > > > After playing with lmer for couple of days, I ha

Re: [R] Error messages using LMER

2005-08-18 Thread Shige Song
+ - Shige On 8/19/05, Shige Song <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Professor Bates, > > Here is output R 2.1.1 produced with "control = list(EMverbose = TRUE, > msVerbose = TRUE)". I am getting the new devel versi

Re: [R] Error messages using LMER

2005-08-18 Thread Shige Song
+ - The same model did not have problems converging in R 2.1.1. Shige On 8/19/05, Shige Song <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here is what happened using R-devel: > > - > EM iterations > 0 85289.766 ( 5407.1

[R] How to set starting values for lmer?

2005-08-30 Thread Shige Song
Dear All, Can anyone give me some hints about how to set starting values for a lmer model? For complicated models like this, good starting values can help the numerical computation and make the model converge faster. Thanks! Shige [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _

Re: [R] How to set starting values for lmer?

2005-09-05 Thread Shige Song
Dear Professor Bates, Thanks, that will probably do the job. By the way, how to cite lme4 in my work? Shige On 8/31/05, Douglas Bates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 8/30/05, Shige Song <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear All, > > > > Can anyone

Re: [R] How to set starting values for lmer?

2005-09-05 Thread Shige Song
Dear Professor Bates, Thank you very much for the help. I cannot waiting to see your new book! Best, Shige On 9/6/05, Douglas Bates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 9/5/05, Shige Song <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear Professor Bates, > > > > Thanks, th

[R] Survival model with cross-classified shared frailties

2005-09-08 Thread Shige Song
Dear All, The "coxph" function in the "survival" package allows multiple frailty terms. In all the examples I saw, however, the frailty terms are nested. What will happen if I have non-nested (that is, cross-classified) frailties in the model? Will the model still work? Do I need to take specia

Re: [R] Survival model with cross-classified shared frailties

2005-09-08 Thread Shige Song
Hi Thomas, Thanks for the reply, coxme() seems to be the one I need. Best, Shige On 9/8/05, Thomas Lumley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 8 Sep 2005, Shige Song wrote: > > > Dear All, > > > > The "coxph" function in the "survival&quo

Re: [R] Package for multiple membership model?

2006-01-03 Thread Shige Song
Souds like a model with cross-classified random effects. Lme4 can handle this easily. Shige On 1/3/06, Brian Perron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello all: > > I am interested in computing what the multilevel modeling literature calls > a multiple membership model. More specifically, I am work

Re: [R] Linux editor like WinEdt?

2006-03-10 Thread Shige Song
emacs + ess Shige On 3/11/06, Ana Patricia Martins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi to all, > > I initiate in R - Linux and I've some problems to find an editor with R > interface as like RWinEdt for WinEdt. > > Anyone know one? > > Thanks in advance for your kind cooperation. > > Best regards >

[R] Question about R-editor rwined()

2003-12-12 Thread Shige Song
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[R] Using mutiply imputed data in NLME

2005-02-28 Thread Shige Song
Dear All, I am doing a growth modeling using NLME. I have three levels in my data: observation, individual, household. About half of my total sample have missing values in my household-level covariates. Under this situation, the best way to go is probably to multiply impute the data (for, say, 5 t

Re: [R] Using mutiply imputed data in NLME

2005-03-01 Thread Shige Song
a frame each time? > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shige Song > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 12:18 PM > To: R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch > Subject: [R] Using mutiply imputed data in NLME > > Dear All, >