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When using a mixed model to analyze some data, is it common to report the variance estimates of the random effects in a publication, for example for a medical journal?

I don't see how this information would be of interest to the reader and therefore was not sure if we should include it. If yes, should we also include a measure of uncertainty?

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    $\begingroup$ As with most things, it depends on the context. For example, if you recruited students that were nested in schools, it might be very important to understand how much variability in the outcome is explained at the school level. I have reported estimated variances from RE models where I was interested in how community of residence was related to child growth. Hopefully these examples will help you find others, because there are plenty published papers that do this out there. $\endgroup$
    – D L Dahly
    Commented Jan 17, 2014 at 9:42

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