topic Re: Anything wrong with the code? in SAS Programming

Anything wrong with the code?

ValeriaRodz — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 14:44:12 GMT

Hi everyone! I have a quick question. I'm using this code to check for if there is a correlation between edad*musc, edad*sexo, musc*sexo and edad*musc*sexo. My question is, in the random statement, is it correct to write toro(edad) like I'm doing? My only random would be toro, which is my independent variable, but edad, as well as musc and sexo are all dependent variables.

Thanks.

Re: Anything wrong with the code?

PaigeMiller — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 14:50:10 GMT

Impossible to answer

We don't know what the variables edad musc sexo and toro represent.

We don't know the design of your study either, which would also inform us about what the proper model and random statements are.

Re: Anything wrong with the code?

ValeriaRodz — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 14:56:37 GMT

Hi! Sorry for not being specific. I'm studying the effect of castration
(sexo) and slaughter age (edad) in meat quality in two different muscles
(musc). We used 30 animals in total, 15 of them were castrated and 15
remained intact. So each animal is represented by the (toro) variable.

Re: Anything wrong with the code?

Reeza — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 15:09:38 GMT

That's a fairly complex model for only 30 observations...

Re: Anything wrong with the code?

PaigeMiller — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 15:17:01 GMT

One concern is that you may be running low on degrees of freedom for error, and possibly eliminating the three-way interaction might help. Generally, I don't put three-way interactions into a model without having some subject matter reason for thinking it belongs. Other than that, it seems like the right model.