Estimation of a large cross-classified multilevel model to study academic achievement in a modular degree course

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

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 119-133

  Simonite, V ^a   Browne, W J ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex variation; Cross classified models; Higher education; Markov chain Monte Carlo methods; Modular courses; Multilevel modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 22644439808     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: 1467985X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-985X.00262     Document Type: Article

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