Evaluating significance in linear mixed-effects models in R

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1494-1502

  Luke, Steven G ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Linear mixed effects models; lme4; p values; Statistics; Type 1 error

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; HUMAN; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STATISTICS;

HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84987657458     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: 15543528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13428-016-0809-y     Document Type: Article

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