##### Nested Designs - Nested ANCOVA design ### import data - dataset 2 (Nested ANCOVA) datum=read.csv(file.choose()) head(datum) ###Analyze data without random effect of individual results=lm(Size~Age+Sex,data=datum) summary(results) anova(results) ### notice inappropriate den degree of freedom summary(results) ###Analyze data: block by individual, which is nested within sex results=lme(Size~Age+Sex,data=datum,random=~1|Individual) summary(results) anova(results) ### notice appropriate den degree of freedom ### accounts for pseudoreplicated samples (pseudoreplicated by sex) ### Notice that for 'Sex' Individual is the sample ### For 'Age', each measurement in a sample/replicate