Drawing valid inferences from the nested structure of engineering education data: Application of a hierarchical linear model to the SUCCEED longitudinal database

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 4781-4789

  Padilla, Miguel A ^a   Zhang, Guili ^a   Anderson, Timothy J ^a   Ohland, Matthew W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION DATA; HIERARCHICAL LINEAR MODELS; NESTED STRUCTURES; SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE COALITION FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 22544487211     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21535965     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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