[R] aov documentation page: question

[Peter Dalgaard]

AJ Smit <smitaj at ukzn.ac.za> writes:

> Dear all
> 
> I was looking at the aov documentation page and came across the
> following which seems like a contradiction to me:
> 
> " This provides a wrapper to |lm| for fitting linear models to
> balanced or unbalanced experimental designs." (I presume 'This' refers
> to aov)
> 
> and
> 
> "|aov| is designed for balanced designs, and the results can be hard
> to interpret without balance"
> 
> So, do I use it for unbalanced designs?

If you know how to interpret the results...

In general, I would avoid it if there is unbalance in the random
effects, but some designs with unbalance in the fixed effects are
manageable. 

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