There was a mistake in my earlier note, that I should correct: " (Or you can estimate the interaction, and no degrees of freedom are left for either the time or time:group random effect). All you can talk ^^^^^^^ about is the average and the difference of the time effects for these two specific groups. "
There is no problem with the time random effect; that can be estimated from the within group variation in slopes, between subjects. John Maindonald email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone : +61 2 (6125)3473 fax : +61 2(6125)5549 Mathematical Sciences Institute, Room 1194, John Dedman Mathematical Sciences Building (Building 27) Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200. ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html