Principles of multilevel modelling

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 158-167

  Greenland, Sander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Empirical Bayes estimation; Hierarchical regression; Mixed models; Multilevel modelling; Random coefficient regression; Ridge regression; Risk assessment; Stein estimation

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033994631     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/29.1.158     Document Type: Review

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