Re: data format for multivariate analysis

Dear Chandra

** I am inclined to think you should try and treat the situation as being
of 6 traits
assuming the repeated traits relate to two specific lambings - i.e.
WT LS F1 F2 lit1 lit2

Hoever I do not understand what the variable LAMBSURVIVAL is in this
context. I assume the data is of ewes who have had two lambings
so obviously they have all survived as lambs. So does lamb survival
relate to all the lambs born across the two litters?

Anyway, with six traits, you would then want to apply some constraints so
that say
F1 and F2 had the same variances and lit1 and lit2 had the same variances.

You wrote
Thank you for the quick response. My two repeated traits are 'fertility'
and 'live litter size' while the single measure traits are '3-month
weight'
and 'lamb survival'. So there is an association between the repeated
traits
and perhaps between 'litter size' and 'lamb survival' but not really
between the repeated traits and '3-month weight'. What would be the best
way to arrange the data in this case?

Not sure I understand what you mean by treating 4 traits as six traits. Do
you mean having the repeat measurements in separate columns?

Regards, Chanda

At 12:32 PM 5/20/2005, you wrote:
>Dear Chanda,
>
>What you propose is commonly done but may not always be best.
>It depends on the relationship between the traits; another way would be
to
>treat the
>4 traits as six traits. The point is whether it is obvious which of the
>repeated trait values,
>the unrepeated trait is associated with. You need to make sure you allow
>the repeatability
>in the model.
>

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