Fix missing denominator degrees of freedom in lmerTest ANOVA reports#513
Draft
Fix missing denominator degrees of freedom in lmerTest ANOVA reports#513
Conversation
Co-authored-by: rempsyc <13123390+rempsyc@users.noreply.github.com>
Copilot
AI
changed the title
[WIP] report() not outputting denominator degrees of freedom
Fix missing denominator degrees of freedom in lmerTest ANOVA reports
Aug 31, 2025
This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
Sign up for free
to join this conversation on GitHub.
Already have an account?
Sign in to comment
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.This suggestion is invalid because no changes were made to the code.Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is closed.Suggestions cannot be applied while viewing a subset of changes.Only one suggestion per line can be applied in a batch.Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.Applying suggestions on deleted lines is not supported.You must change the existing code in this line in order to create a valid suggestion.Outdated suggestions cannot be applied.This suggestion has been applied or marked resolved.Suggestions cannot be applied from pending reviews.Suggestions cannot be applied on multi-line comments.Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is queued to merge.Suggestion cannot be applied right now. Please check back later.
When using
lmerTest::lmer()models withreport(anova()), the output was missing denominator degrees of freedom in the F-statistic. Instead of showingF(1, 21.92) = 62.20, it only showedF(1) = 62.20.Problem
The issue occurred because
report_statistics.aov()only checked for denominator degrees of freedom in:However,
lmerTestprovides denominator degrees of freedom directly in adf_errorcolumn for each parameter, which wasn't being checked.Solution
Added a third condition to check for the
df_errorcolumn in the parameters table:Example
The fix preserves all existing functionality for regular ANOVA models while properly supporting lmerTest models that provide Satterthwaite or Kenward-Roger denominator degrees of freedom.
Fixes #453.
💡 You can make Copilot smarter by setting up custom instructions, customizing its development environment and configuring Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. Learn more Copilot coding agent tips in the docs.