Multilevel modeling in plain language. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Karen Robson & David Pevalin.
• Authors: Robson, Karen; Pevalin, David J
• Contents: Chapter 1: What Is Multilevel Modeling and Why Should I Use It?; Mixing levels of analysis; Theoretical reasons for multilevel modeling; What are the advantages of using multilevel models?; Statistical reasons for multilevel modeling; Assumptions of OLS; Software; How this book is organized; Chapter 2: Random Intercept Models: When intercepts vary; A review of single-level regression; Nesting structures in our data; Getting starting with random intercept models; What do our findings mean so far?; Changing the grouping to schools; Adding Level 1 explanatory variables; Adding Level 2 explanatory variables; Group mean centring; Interactions; Model fit; What about R-squared?; R-squared?; A further assumption and a short note on random and fixed effects; Chapter 3: Random Coefficient Models: When intercepts and coefficients vary; Getting started with random coefficient models; Trying a different random coefficient; Shrinkage; Fanning in and fanning out; Examining the variances; A dichotomous variable as a random coefficient; More than one random coefficient; A note on parsimony and fitting a model with multiple random coefficients; A model with one random and one fixed coefficient; Adding Level 2 variables; Residual diagnostics; First steps in model-building; Some tasters of further extensions to our basic models; Where to next?; Chapter 4: Communicating Results to a Wider Audience; Creating journal-formatted tables; The fixed part of the model; The importance of the null model; Centring variables; Stata commands to make table-making easier; What do you talk about?; Models with random coefficients; What about graphs?; Cross-level interactions; Parting words;
• Publisher Details: London : SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (160 pages)
• Subjects: 519.5/0243; Multilevel models (Statistics); Social sciences -- Statistical methods; Multilevel models (Statistics); Social sciences -- Statistical methods
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781473934306; 1473934303
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