Hi, is there a neat and quick way to convert a brms fit object into a table that can easily be formatted according to APA guidelines?
I have tried sjPlot’s tab_model(), as well as report’s report() functions, however, they typically require recompiling the model, which is a bit tiresome.
Suggestions would be much appreciated!
Best,
J
Besides the functions that you already mentioned, I’m not aware of any one-size-fits-all approach to transform a fitted brms model to an APA-ready table. I suppose the challenge is that it’s difficult to determine a priori what summary statistics should be included in the table, as the details of the model and the researcher’s goals can vary widely.
You could try to first obtain a data frame of summary statistics for your fitted brms model (say, fit), for example using posterior::summarise_draws(posterior::as_draws_array(fit)), then programmatically select the content you’re interested in, and then finally convert that to a table that can be exported, for example using apa_table from papaja.
I broadly agree with @frank_hezemans, and would only add that you might consider broom.mixed::tidy() as a first step.
Just adding a small side note that the APA style also specifies some stuff on how your table fits the manuscript (number, title, note, etc. see Table setup; so are you e.g. manually creating a Word document, rendering from Quarto to PDF, etc.) and there’s flexibility in what exactly you put in the table. Given that my go to recently has been an assorted combination of https://modelsummary.com/ and tinytable.