I assume that between the two population-level variables, Drug
is a between-individual factor, while Time
is a within-individual factor. In this scenario, including (1|Time:Subj)
in your model specification is redundant, as it corresponds to the residuals. Explicitly incorporating it introduces a collinearity issue. For a more in-depth discussion on model specification in 3dLMEr
, refer to this blog post.
Gang Chen