Week 12

GEEs and MLMs

Materials for meeting on

April 17, 2023

Before Class

Articles

  • McCoach, D. B., & Cintron, D. (2022). Introduction to Modern Modelling Methods (1st edition). SAGE Publications Ltd.

Chapters 1 and 2

  • What type of data would necessitate a multilevel analysis? Come up with an example not given in the paper.

  • What are fixed and random effects? How do multilevel models and traditional regression differ in terms of fixed and random effects?

  • How can you statistically determine if your cases are not independent?

  • What assumptions does MLM have?

  • What is the difference between grand-mean and group mean centered data?

  • What is the folly of trying to account for dependence by including level 2 data in an ordinary regression model?

  • Ballinger, G. A. (2004). Using Generalized Estimating Equations for Longitudinal Data Analysis. Organizational Research Methods, 7(2), 127–150. https://doi.org/10.1177/1094428104263672