Multilevel analysis
Written by Ronny Gunnarsson and first published on August 26, 2015. Last revised on September 8, 2019. There is an updated version of the EPV-calculator found here: https://infovoice.se/epv-calculator/
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What is Multilevel Modelling? Start by watching a lecture held by by Mark Tranmer:
VIDEO
Different levels of nesting are put into the model as “random effects”. For each level how many “groups” do you need to have? Usually at least five
Further reading
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