Date:         Mon, 15 Aug 2005 10:39:11 -0700
Reply-To:     David L Cassell <davidlcassell@MSN.COM>
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From:         David L Cassell <davidlcassell@MSN.COM>
Subject:      Re: QR: NLMIXED and overdispersion
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adel_tangi@YAHOO.FR ecrit:
>My problem corresponds to the second question, I have , or Iexpect an
>overdispersion probleem with my binary variable and I would like  to handle
>that in the second level of my model, using the NLMIXED procedure.

That should be straightforward.  One of the classical ways of modeling
that is to treat the parameter p as coming from a beta distribution,
and modeling that in your second stage.  Have you tried that?

David
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