Question to lme4: Higher Level Response
It is better to send such questions to the R-SIG-Mixed-Models mailing list, which I have taken the liberty of cc:ing on this response. Many of the readers of that list will be able to respond more quickly and knowledgeably than I can. On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 3:42 PM Elisabeth Schubach <
elisabeth.schubach at uni-jena.de> wrote:
Dear Dr. Bates, I have got a question to lme4: Is it possible to fit a model with a response on a higher level by predictors of lower levels? Or do I then run into the problem of atomistic fallacy? And the only way is to turn the model around and fit the lower level response by higher level predictors? I understand that in that case, pinning avoids the ecological fallacy. Thank you and kind regards, Elisabeth Schubach