| Biostatistics (FLW Ch. 8-9) |
Subject-specific random intercept \(b_i \sim N(0,\sigma_b^2)\) in a mixed model |
nlme, lme4 |
| Econometrics |
The Swamy-Arora RE estimator, framed around endogeneity |
plm |
In FLW Ch. 9 (this lecture), the RE model is the Ch. 8 random-intercept mixed model. The whole question is whether the subject effect is uncorrelated with the covariates, \(\operatorname{Cov}(\alpha_i, X_{ij}) = 0\).
We will use FLW’s biostatistics framing as the primary content. The econometrics terms (“endogeneity”, “Swamy-Arora”, “Hausman test”) appear later as flagged synonyms, not the definitional core.