Hello, I built 4 mixed models using different data sets and standardized variables as predictors.
In all the models each of the fixed effects has an associated random effect (same predictor). What I find is that fixed effects with larger (absolute) standardized parameter estimates have also a higher estimate of the related random effect. In other words, the higher the average of the absolute value of the BLUPs for a given standardized parameter, the higher its variance. Is this a common situation or I am missing some additional normalization factor necessary to compare the different random effects? Thanks a lot, Bruno ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bruno L. Giordano, Ph.D. CIRMMT Schulich School of Music, McGill University 555 Sherbrooke Street West Montréal, QC H3A 1E3 Canada http://www.music.mcgill.ca/~bruno/ ______________________________________________ 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 and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.