Re: [R-sig-eco] Unbalnced nested ANOVA

2008-12-17 Thread Kingsford Jones
Stephen, Assuming normally distributed errors (and random effects) you can fit unbalanced random effects models using REML via either lmer in the lme4 package or lme in the nlme package. The lme4 package also provides means of fitting models with non-normal errors, whereas nlme provides means of

[R-sig-eco] Unbalnced nested ANOVA

2008-12-17 Thread Stephen Cole
Hello R help I have read over many of the help threads on the regular r help archive and must admit i am still confused. The data set i wish to analyze is a 2 level nested design with both factors random. Response variable: Density of barnacles Explanatory one: Region ( 4 regions) Explanatory t