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...s. But the random effect is a bit hard to understand. Since the Race variable is dichotomous, My aim was to see if the variance of the random effect is different for the 2 racial categories. Here are the estimates: Random effects: Groups Name Variance Std.Dev. Corr PLACE RACE_ALLWhite 0.0095429 0.097688 RACE_ALLNonwhite 0.1286597 0.358692 1.000 I can't quite grasp what the correlation means. I BELIEVE the variance values indicate that the experiences of whites are homogeneous across cities, because the variance is negligible for them, while the experience...