I am running a mixed-effects model with the lme4
package. The model specifications are: log(dv) ~ 1 + A*B*C + (1+A*B|random1) + (1+A|random2)
, where A
and B
are within-group conditions and C
is a between-group condition.
The first problem is that the coefficients for fixed effects are on the log scale and only the intercept makes sense when I do exp(coef)
(see below).
The second problem is even if I do an exponentiation transform, how should I account for the random-effects structure? As I understand it, the random-effects structure affects the fixed-effects coefficients (I might be wrong here).
This is a sample output of my fixed-effects coefficients:
Estimate
(Intercept) 6.533079
A1 0.062171
A2 0.077409
B1 -0.184366
B2 -0.154115
C 0.152238
A1:B1 -0.015494
A2:B1 -0.017655
A1:B2 0.001674
A2:B2 -0.003641
A1:C 0.013021
A2:C 0.038995
B1:C 0.010087
B2:C 0.013721
A1:B1:C 0.016025
A2:B1:C 0.016453
A1:B2:C 0.012746
A2:B2:C 0.003113
Now, exp(6.533079)
gives 687.5118, which makes sense in the original scale, but the rest of the numbers do not make sense once transformed.