[ADMB Users] Correct model for counting data

[Marcelo Luiz de Laia]

Hi Mollie,

On Wed, 12 Oct 2011, Mollie Brooks wrote:

> Hi Marcelo,
> I'm guessing your Germ is Binomial with N=20,


Yes! After learn a little bit more I think so!


>  (if you have more than 5 replicates).


Hummm! I have only 3 replicates. Is mandatory to have 5 (or more)?


> If you don't then lmer in package lme4 would work.


I will try it.


> or, do they have different overall probabilities AND those
> probabilities change differently through time?

Yes! They have different overall probabilities and those probabilities
change differently through time.


> If you do need zero inflation...


I not need!


> You say 
> > My N decrease over the time if germinated and/or infected seeds increase.
> 
> Do you remove germinated  or infected seeds? Are they not counted in later observations?


No! I don't remove. But, if in day 1 I have 0 germinated (and/or
infected), I have N=20 and p1. But, if in day 2 I have 2 germinated
(and/or infected), I have N=18 and p2... So, my N decrease.

Thank you very much!

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