Hello all,
I'm trying to code a 3-way ANOVA model with a random effect using proc mixed, but I am unsure that I am specifying my model correctly. We have a series of environmental data collected from 3 types of sites (ref, deg, unk), each site is stratified into 2 reaches (near and far), and the data were collected over the 3 years. Multiple, distinct stations that represent one of the three types of sites throughout the estuary were selected randomly, and at each station 9 random replicate measures of the environmental data were collected. We are interested in detecting differences in the environmental data between ref, deg, and unk sites, as well as reach, year, and interactions of the 3. I want to make use of the 9 replicates at each station so I'm using the following model in proc mixed:
class = site reach year station
environmental data = site|reach|year
random site/subject=station
Is this the appropriate approach to take?
Thanks for any help.
-david
This is what happens when you don't have a proper statistician at a given institute.....