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Opposite results using Bayesian (STAN) vs Multilevel model (nlme). How is this possible?
My datasets contains the median wages and the cumulative installed wind-capacity for 4000 counties over a period of 20 years. The wages tend to rise over the period and the capacity tends to highly ...
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Variance of random effects in lmer output
Consider this simple simulated dataset (all groups are normally distributed with sd=1) made up by 4 level 1 groups (lv1) and 2 level 2 groups. The mean of the 4 distribution is 5, 15, 5 and 15 ...
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Bayesian output vs frequentist. Which should I rely on? MLM/ RE HLM
I have 2 questions.
1)My Bayesian output is providing some trouble. I have data that will vary across 5 countries. This means my group level has a small n of 5. This results in my data hovering ...
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Hierarchical models for multiple comparisons - multiple outcomes context
I've just been (re-)reading Gelman's Why we (usually) don't have to worry about multiple comparisons. In particular the section "Multiple outcomes and other challenges" mentions using a hierarchical ...
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