Random effect variance = zero
Dear list members, Thank you all for the useful feedback. For reference, here are two other recent threads closely linked to the one discussed here (i.e. https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-mixed-models/2014q3/022496.html ): https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-mixed-models/2014q3/022359.html (?Same variable as both fixed and random?) https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-mixed-models/2014q3/022389.html (?Mixed effect models for a study with no (real) replication?) They sort of built up to the issue raised by Aurore. Cheers, Marco ----- Marco Plebani, PhD candidate (Ecology) at the University of Zurich Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies http://www.ieu.uzh.ch/staff/phd/plebani.html http://marcoplebani.com/