Re: [R] LMER: How to specify Random Effects

2009-12-01 Thread Ubuntu Diego
Thanks for your feedback. Actually Plant is nested since High and Low are qualitative relative values (High in Michigan is not the same as High in Sienna). S Ellison wrote: The Plant classification is not nested; it's an effect across all countires and states and probably a fixed effct (assum

[R] LMER: How to specify Random Effects

2009-12-01 Thread Ubuntu Diego
I saw different specifications for Random Effects and I'm confused about the use of "/" and the use of "(0+...|)" . Let say we have a nested structure where some countries have some several plants in different states and we measure the reaction to a drug. The list of Countries = USA, France, I