The coefficient of determination is well defined for linear models and its extension long wanted mixed-effects in agricultural, biological, ecological research. We revisit to define measures proportions variation explained by the whole model, fixed effects only, random only. propose calculate unexplained variations conditional on individual and/or so as keep heterogeneity brought available pred...

Mixed-effects models are an analytic technique for modeling repeated measurement or nested data. This paper explains the logic of mixed-effects and describes two examples analyses using R. The intended audience is psychologists who specialize in cognitive development research. Therefore, concepts covered will focus primarily on repeated-measurement data resulting from studies which participants...

The authors are to be congratulated for an interesting paper which highlights the need for more formal procedures on the assessment of goodness of fit in the area of mixed models. The authors give a comprehensive overview of diagnostic techniques and goodness-of-fit tests for random effects in mixed models and propose a number of new nonparametric tests with omnibus character. Some of them are ...

It is shown that a method of robust estimation in a two way crossed classification mixed model, recently proposed by Bednarski and Zontek (1996), can be extended to a more general case of variance components model with commutative a covariance matrices.

Estimation in generalized linear mixed models for non-Gaussian longitudinal data is often based on maximum likelihood theory, which assumes that the underlying probability model is correctly specified. It is known that the results obtained from these models are not always robust against misspecification of the random-effects structure. Therefore, diagnostic tools for the detection of this missp...

many research studies have been performed on forced convection (active) solar dryers for fruit and vegetables. a short survey of these showed that applying the forced convection solar dryer not only significantly reduced the drying time but also resulted in many improvements in the quality of the dried products. active indirect and mixed-mode thin layer solar drying experiments were conducted o...

mixed convection is a fundamentally significant heat transfer mechanism that occurs in selection industrial and technological applications. in this study, first the laminar mixed convection inside rectangular enclosure with moving wall and aspect ratio=10 is modeled and then the results are compared with other investigate. after showing varity of results, the investigation is continued with tur...