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rnorouzian
rnorouzian

Reputation: 7517

getting an output for difference of two regression slopes in lme4 package

In my mixed regression model below, I get an output for meanses and an output for ses estimates. Is it also possible to get an output (e.g., Std. Error) for meanses - ses (3.675037 - 2.191165) in this model (I'm open to using any packages)?

library(lme4)

hsb <- read.csv('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rnorouzian/e/master/hsb.csv')

fit <- lmer(math ~ ses + meanses + (1|sch.id), data = hsb)

coef(summary(fit))

             Estimate Std. Error   t value
(Intercept) 12.661262  0.1493726 84.762956
ses          2.191165  0.1086673 20.163983
meanses      3.675037  0.3776607  9.731055 # can we have `Std. Error` for `meanses - ses`?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 117

Answers (1)

ekoam
ekoam

Reputation: 8844

Something like this

> summary(multcomp::glht(fit, "ses - meanses = 0"))

     Simultaneous Tests for General Linear Hypotheses

Fit: lmer(formula = math ~ ses + meanses + (1 | sch.id), data = hsb)

Linear Hypotheses:
                   Estimate Std. Error z value Pr(>|z|)    
ses - meanses == 0   -1.484      0.422  -3.517 0.000437 ***
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Signif. codes:  0 ‘***’ 0.001 ‘**’ 0.01 ‘*’ 0.05 ‘.’ 0.1 ‘ ’ 1
(Adjusted p values reported -- single-step method)

Upvotes: 1

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