Variance component testing in multilevel models

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 133-152

  Berkhof, Johannes ^a   Snijders, Tom A B ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Monte Carlo study; Multilevel models; Random coefficients; Score tests; Variance components

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035636276     PISSN: 10769986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/10769986026002133     Document Type: Article

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