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= Solution

The beta-binomial model mixes binomials over a beta-distributed success probability. The random-intercept generalized linear mixed model instead takes
$$
\operatorname{logit}(P_j)=z_j^T\beta+b_j,\qquad b_j\sim N(0,\tau^2).
$$
Both create within-user dependence and overdispersion, but use different mixing distributions. The mixed-model coefficients are conditional on the random effect, while beta-binomial regression is naturally phrased through a marginal mean.

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