Re: Linear Mixed Model in SPSS Guidance

Posted by Bruce Weaver on Apr 24, 2019; 5:06pm
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/Linear-Mixed-Model-in-SPSS-Guidance-tp5737698p5737725.html

In an effort to (gently) educate the editor and reviewers, you could always
report both side by side in the cover letter.  You might even consider a
footnote in the manuscript indicating that both approaches yield the same
substantive conclusions (assuming they do).  

I am reminded of a manuscript we submitted a couple years ago.  The main
analysis was logistic regression, but with paired data.  We chose to use
GENLIN with generalized estimating equations to account for the correlated
data.  The editor's initial response was to insist that we MUST use
conditional logistic regression.  But by adding citations of some reputable
resources, we were able to convince the editor that GEE was fine.  (IIRC, I
may have even included in the cover letter some results from an older
analysis I had done using both conditional logistic regression and GEE.  The
coefficients and SEs from the two approaches were nearly identical.)  

Good luck!



msherman wrote
> Kyllie: Thanks for the references. I would love to get back to the editor
> and argue that the results will not be very different if I used mixed
> modeling vs repeated measures anova. Unfortunately the PI wants to keep
> the editor happy.  martin





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