Re: Re: RE: st: Repeated Measures ANOVA and Missing Values

[Philip Ender <ender97@gmail.com>]

<gamirali@hotmail.com> wrote:
what is considered to be small sample size for xtmixed? from what I
understood from you xtmixed Chicago lecture with small sample size
xtmixed may cause type I error, if I am correct please advise about a
good sample size (total sample size) for xtmixed.
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Dear Amir,

The issue is not the sample size for -xtmixed- but what sample size do
you need to have confidence in the chi-square p-values.  I'm afraid
there is no simple easy answer to this question.  Most experimental
designs tend to have relatively small sample sizes and report F-ratios
and associated p-values.  If I don't have repeated measures, I use
-anova- or -regress-.  However, for repeated measures with missing
observations I use -xtmixed-.  Back when I was a S*S user I used -proc
mixed- which gives results as F-ratios with denominator degrees of
freedom.  A lot of my psychology clients use S*SS -mixed- which also
yields F-ratios and p-values.  I try to obtain the same results in
Stata, my preferred package, by estimating reasonable denominator
degrees of freedom.

-- 
Phil Ender
UCLA Statistical Consulting Group
"Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you a good statistical package."
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