Simultaneous analysis of individual and aggregate responses in psychometric data using multilevel modeling

Risk Analysis

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 675-683

  Langford, Ian H ^a,b   Marris, Claire ^c   McDonald, Anné Lise ^a   Goldstein, Harvey ^c   Rasbash, Jon ^c   O'Riordan, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Multilevel modeling; Psychometric paradigm; Random coefficient models; Risk perceptions

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISKS;

MULTILEVEL MODELING; PSYCHOMETRIC DATA; RANDOM COEFFICIENT MODELS; RISK CHARACTERISTICS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

METHODOLOGY; MODELING; PERCEPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 0033177987     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1999.tb00437.x     Document Type: Article

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