Random effects model
TYPE OF STATISTICAL MODEL
Random effects estimation; Random effects estimator; Random-effects models; Random-effect model; Random effect model; Variance components model; Variance components; Random effects; Random effect; Variance component; Random-effects meta-analysis
In statistics, a random effects model, also called a variance components model, is a statistical model where the model parameters are random variables. It is a kind of hierarchical linear model, which assumes that the data being analysed are drawn from a hierarchy of different populations whose differences relate to that hierarchy.