Dear all,
  I am thinking to fit a multilevel dataset  with R. I have found several
possible packages for my task, such as
glmmPQL(MASS),glmm(repeated),glmer(lme4), et al. I am a little confused by
these functions.
  Could anybody tell me which function/package is the correct one to analyse
my dataset?
My dataset is as follows:
the response variable P is binary variable (the subject is a patient or
not);
two explanatory variables X1 (age) and X2 (sex);
this dataset was sampled from three different level,
district,school,individual,  so this was regarded as a multilevel dataset.
I hope to fit the 3-level model(Y is binary variable):
Logit(Pijk)=(a0+b0k+c0jk)+b1*X1+b2*X2
  i-individual, first level;   j-school, 2nd level;   k-district,3rd level.
 I know that the GLIMMIX procedure in the latest version SAS9.2 is a choice
for that, but unfortunately we donot have the latest version.
 R must have the similar functions to do that,  can anybody give me some
suggestions or help on analysing my dataset?
Q1: Which package/functions is appropriate for my task?  Could u show me
some example codes if possible?
Q2: Logit(Pijk)=(a0+b0k+c0jk)+(b1+b1j)*X1+b2*X2
  If the randome effect was also specified in X1 as above, Which
package/functions is possible?
  Thanks a lot.


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