[R] Error in anova(): objects must inherit from classes

[Andrew Criswell]

Hello:

Let me rephrase my question to attract interest in the problem I'm having. When I appply anova() to two equations
estimated using glmmPQL, I get a complaint,

> anova(fm1, fm2)
Error in anova.lme(fm1, fm2) : Objects must inherit from classes "gls",
"gnls" "lm","lmList", "lme","nlme","nlsList", or "nls"
>

The two equations I estimated are these:

> fm1 <- glmmPQL(choice ~ day + stereotypy,
+                random = ~ 1 | bear, data = learning, family = binomial)
> fm2 <- glmmPQL(choice ~ day + envir + stereotypy,
+                random = ~ 1 | bear, data = learning, family = binomial)

Individually, I get results from anova():

> anova(fm1)
            numDF denDF   F-value p-value
(Intercept)     1  2032   7.95709  0.0048
day             1  2032 213.98391  <.0001
stereotypy      1  2032   0.42810  0.5130
>
> anova(fm2)
            numDF denDF   F-value p-value
(Intercept)     1  2031   5.70343  0.0170
day             1  2031 213.21673  <.0001
envir           1  2031  12.50388  0.0004
stereotypy      1  2031   0.27256  0.6017
>

I did look through the archives but didn't finding anything relevant to my problem.

Hope someone can help.

ANDREW
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Andrew R. Criswell, Ph.D.
Graduate School, Bangkok University

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