Formula for lmer()

Asked May 15 '13 at 08:15

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How does the formula for the lmer function work?

Some examples:

library('lmer')
lmer(Yield~(1|Batch),Dyestuff)
lmer(Yield~(Batch)*(1|rep(c(1,2,3),10)),Dyestuff)
lmer(Reaction ~ Days + (1|Subject) + (0+Days|Subject), sleepstudy)

On the left of ~ sign is the dependent variable and on the right comes all the independent variables separated by the + sign.

Is there any difference between + and *?

What does 1|Batch mean? Does it have to do with the intercept? With being a random or a fixed effect?

What does Day|Subjects mean?

edited May 15 '13 at 10:05

Sven Hohenstein

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`(1|Batch)` means "one intercept per batch". – Stéphane Laurent May 15 '13 at 08:36
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`(Days|Subject)` means a random intercept *and* a random slope for each subject. `(1|Subject)` would mean only a random intercept but a common slope across subjects. – COOLSerdash May 15 '13 at 09:18

Formula for lmer()

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