[R-sig-ME] independent random effects with equal variances

[Douglas Bates]

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Hae Kyung Im <haky at uchicago.edu> wrote:
> Dear list,

> does anyone know of an easy way to enforce equal variance for two independent random effects?

> So I would like to fit this model with equal variances for R1 and R2

> y ~ x + (1|R1) + (1|R2)

I don't think that would be easily done under the current setup.