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MuMIn (version 1.15.6)

par.avg: Parameter averaging

Description

Average a coefficient with standard errors based on provided weights. This function is intended chiefly for internal use.

Usage

par.avg(x, se, weight, df = NULL, level = 1 - alpha, alpha = 0.05,
    revised.var = TRUE, adjusted = TRUE)

Arguments

x

vector of parameters.

se

vector of standard errors.

weight

vector of weights.

df

optional vector of degrees of freedom.

alpha, level

significance level for calculating confidence intervals.

revised.var

logical, should the revised formula for standard errors be used? See ‘Details’.

adjusted

logical, should the inflated standard errors be calculated? See ‘Details’.

Value

par.avg returns a vector with named elements:

Coefficient

model coefficients

SE

unconditional standard error

Adjusted SE

adjusted standard error

Lower CI, Upper CI

unconditional confidence intervals.

Details

Unconditional standard errors are square root of the variance estimator, calculated either according to the original equation in Burnham and Anderson (2002, equation 4.7), or a newer, revised formula from Burnham and Anderson (2004, equation 4) (if revised.var = TRUE, this is the default). If adjusted = TRUE (the default) and degrees of freedom are given, the adjusted standard error estimator and confidence intervals with improved coverage are returned (see Burnham and Anderson 2002, section 4.3.3).

References

Burnham, K. P. and Anderson, D. R. (2002) Model selection and multimodel inference: a practical information-theoretic approach. 2nd ed.

Burnham, K. P. and Anderson, D. R. (2004) Multimodel inference - understanding AIC and BIC in model selection. Sociological Methods & Research 33(2): 261-304.

See Also

model.avg for model averaging.