I am working on some professor rating data. I would like to model the data in a multilevel fashion as professors are nested within departments, and departments are nested within the school. This is similar to the 8 schools example, except now there is an additional level. From the model, I would …

Levels within levels

PhDemetri May 14, 2019, 2:08pm 3

So the grouping goes the other way around?

outcome ~ 1 + (1|larger_level/level_within_level)