Multilevel Modelling Coursebook

 
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Websites: 
http://multilevel.ioe.ac.uk 
Includes details of current developments and publications in multilevel modelling.
Other examples of work with multilevel models. 
www.ioe.ac.uk/multilevel/publications
These notes are by Mark Tranmer, 2004.
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Assignment – FOR 5 CREDITS
 
(nb: people doing Advanced Data Analysis by Short Course do not need to do this 
assignment.) 
 
1. Briefly describe a multilevel population indicating the units of interest at each level. 
2. Write down a (two level) multilevel model for a response (i.e dependent) variable of 
interest that is: 
(i) 
a continuous variable – random intercepts model
(ii) 
a continuous variable – random slopes model 
(iii) 
a binary variable 
3. The following results were obtained when a variance components model was fitted in 
MLwiN The population has two levels, with individuals, indexed by i, living in areas, 
indexed by j, for a variable with a continuous response. Write down the variance 
components estimates for the individual level and the area level. Calculate and interpret 
the intra-area correlation
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