[R] Need help with lmer model specification syntax for nested mixed model

2010-10-31 Thread Carabiniero
I haven't been able to fully make sense of the conflicting online information about whether and how to specify nesting structure for a nested, mixed model. I'll describe my experiment and hopefully somebody who knows lme4 well can help. We're measuring the fluorescence intensity of brain slices

Re: [R] Need help with lmer model specification syntax for nested mixed model

2010-10-31 Thread Douglas Bates
On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 2:35 AM, Carabiniero ja...@troutnut.com wrote: I haven't been able to fully make sense of the conflicting online information about whether and how to specify nesting structure for a nested, mixed model.  I'll describe my experiment and hopefully somebody who knows lme4