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Variable selection for multilevel phylogenetic model

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Description

Hi,
I am trying to use projpred for variable selection on a phylogenetic multilevel model fit with brms.
variable_response ~ x1 + x2 + (1|gr(species, cov = A))

However, I get the following error:

n model.frame.default(data = list(. variable_response.1 = c(0.580296874164707,  : 
  invalid type (list) for variable 'gr(species, cov = A)
In addition: Warning message:
Some Pareto k diagnostic values are slightly high. See help('pareto-k-diagnostic') for details.

Thanks in advance,

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Start by reproducing the reported projpred workflow with the brms formula containing gr(species, cov = A), then inspect how that term is handled before the model.frame.default failure. Done means variable selection can run for this multilevel phylogenetic model without the reported invalid-type error; the Pareto k warning is also part of the reproduction context.

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r
Domain
data, machine-learning
Issue type
Bug
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4/5
Estimated time
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Needs clarification
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