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问题描述

我试图了解如何在 R 中为我一直在运行的增长曲线模型绘制二次增长。模型:

m1 <- lmer(score ~ Time + Group + Time_Sqaure + 
                      (1 + School | Subject), data=df, REML = FALSE)
tab_model(m1)

时间 (B = 9.58, p<.01) 和 Time_Square (B = - 0.51, p <.01) 以及组 (B = 2.77, p <.01) 差异均显着。

如果我使用 plot_model,它会为我提供每个组的最佳拟合线。

plot_model(m1, type = "pred", terms = c("Time", "Group"))

有没有办法绘制拟合曲线或二次增长,显示增长速度随着时间的推移而放缓?

谢谢!

标签: rggplot2lme4

解决方案


为了sjPlot::plot_model了解正在发生的事情,您必须输入Time_SquareI(Time^2)不是单独的预测器。

鉴于此df$Time_Square <- df$Time^2,以下两个模型应该会给您相同的结果:

m1 <- lmer(score ~ Time + Group + Time_Square + 
                      (1 + School | Subject), data=df, REML = FALSE)
m2 <- lmer(score ~ Time + Group + I(Time^2) + 
                      (1 + School | Subject), data=df, REML = FALSE)

但是,在第二个模型中,很明显预测变量Time输入了两次,因此在绘制它时可以将其考虑在内sjPlot::plot_model(...)

为了确保这一点,我使用以下模拟数据对其进行了测试:

library(dplyr)

grps <- 2 #number of groups
subj <- 100 #number of subjects within group
obs <- 10 #number of observations/times per subjects

b_0 <- 0 #overall intercept
b_1 <- 9.58 #linear time effect
b_2 <- -0.51 #quadratic time effect

sd_b0 <- 0.4 #SD of random intercept per subject
sd_b1 <- 3 #SD of random slope per subject
sd_b3 <- 1 #SD of group effect (you can simulate more than 2 groups)
sd_resid <- 10 #SD of residuals

df <- list(Group = factor(rep(letters[1:grps], each=obs*subj)),
           Subject = factor(rep(1:subj, times=grps, each=obs)),
           Time = rep(1:obs, times=subj*grps)
           ) %>% as.data.frame()
df$TimeSq <- df$Time^2

subj_b0 <- rnorm(subj, b_0, sd_b0) %>% rep(times=grps, each=obs)
subj_b1 <- rnorm(subj, b_1, sd_b1) %>% rep(times=grps, each=obs)
grp_m <- rnorm(grps, 0, sd_b3) %>% rep(times=, each=subj*obs)

df$Score <- with(df, subj_b0 + Time*subj_b1 + (Time^2)*b_2 + grp_m + rnorm(grps*subj*obs, 0, sd_resid))

fit1 <- lme4::lmer(Score ~ Time + I(Time^2) + Group + (Time | Subject), data=df)

sjPlot::plot_model(fit1, type="pred", terms=c("Time"))

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