Estoy tratando de asegurarme de que el uso correcto de los tests estadísticos en un grupo de experimentos. Supongamos que realizar 5 experimentos. En cada experimento de un solo lote de células se divide en 6 lotes de igual tamaño, de 3 de recibir un tratamiento, y 3 de recibir otra. Después de un período de tiempo puedo tomar una medición. Así que tengo 5 experimentos (repeticiones biológicas) x 2 tratamientos x 3 técnicos repeticiones cada uno.
Estos son los datos:
structure(list(Experiment = c("a", "a", "a", "a", "a", "a", "b",
"b", "b", "b", "b", "b", "c", "c", "c", "c", "c", "c", "a", "a",
"a", "a", "a", "a", "b", "b", "b", "b", "b", "b", "c", "c", "c",
"c", "c", "c", "d", "d", "d", "d", "d", "d", "e", "e", "e", "e",
"e", "e"), Replicate = structure(c(1L, 2L, 3L, 1L, 2L, 3L, 1L,
2L, 3L, 1L, 2L, 3L, 1L, 2L, 3L, 1L, 2L, 3L, 1L, 2L, 3L, 1L, 2L,
3L, 1L, 2L, 3L, 1L, 2L, 3L, 1L, 2L, 3L, 1L, 2L, 3L, 1L, 2L, 3L,
1L, 2L, 3L, 1L, 2L, 3L, 1L, 2L, 3L), .Label = c("1", "2", "3"
), class = "factor"), Condition = c("Control", "Control", "Control",
"Treatment", "Treatment", "Treatment", "Control", "Control",
"Control", "Treatment", "Treatment", "Treatment", "Control",
"Control", "Control", "Treatment", "Treatment", "Treatment",
"Control", "Control", "Control", "Treatment", "Treatment", "Treatment",
"Control", "Control", "Control", "Treatment", "Treatment", "Treatment",
"Control", "Control", "Control", "Treatment", "Treatment", "Treatment",
"Control", "Control", "Control", "Treatment", "Treatment", "Treatment",
"Control", "Control", "Control", "Treatment", "Treatment", "Treatment"
), Outcome = c(4.587, 4.317, 2.701, 5.293, 6.341, 4.222, 1.922,
2, 1.815, 1.515, 2.435, 2.408, 2.741, 3.1, 4.832, 3.851, 5.251,
4.796, 4.587, 4.317, 2.701, 5.293, 6.341, 4.222, 1.922, 2, 1.815,
1.515, 2.435, 2.408, 2.741, 3.1, 4.832, 3.851, 5.251, 4.796,
4.34262726045549, 5.07005370965656, 3.023745836476, 5.23437121243791,
6.38505931216395, 3.72020626149008, 1.8174210928025, 2.03374053072335,
2.24793604273508, 1.43128735459152, 1.96194778022775, 3.2230322670882
)), row.names = c("7", "8", "9", "10", "11", "12", "24", "25",
"26", "30", "31", "32", "36", "37", "38", "42", "43", "44", "71",
"81", "91", "101", "111", "121", "241", "251", "261", "301",
"311", "321", "361", "371", "381", "421", "431", "441", "72",
"82", "92", "102", "112", "122", "242", "252", "262", "302",
"312", "322"), .Names = c("Experiment", "Replicate", "Condition",
"Outcome"), class = "data.frame")
Mi pregunta es, ¿sería apropiado para este modelo con un modelo mixto? Si es así, este modelo debe ser adecuada:
lmer(data = experiment_data, Outcome~Condition + (1|Experiment/Replicate))
O incluso la necesidad de incluir a replicar aquí? ¿Sólo se puede hacer:
lmer(data = experiment_data, Outcome~Condition + (1|Experiment))
Yo sé una manera segura de analizar los datos sería a la piscina de la técnica de replica en un único valor de la media, pero esto parece ser una pérdida de datos. Además, estoy interesado en mirar a cuánto de la variabilidad es inducida por la técnica y biológica de replicación.
Gracias por la ayuda!