Variance partitioning in multilevel logistic models that exhibit overdispersion

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 599-613

  Browne, W J ^a   Subramanian, S V ^b   Jones, K ^c   Goldstein, H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contextual variation; Illiteracy; India; Multilevel modelling; Multiple spatial levels; Overdispersion; Variance partition coefficient

Indexed keywords

EID: 21244480589     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-985X.2004.00365.x     Document Type: Article

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