Thinking and modeling at multiple levels: The potential contribution of multilevel modeling to communication theory and research

Human Communication Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 375-384

  Slater, Michael D ^a   Snyder, Leslie ^b   Hayes, Andrew F ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 33751188930     PISSN: 03603989     EISSN: 14682958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2958.2006.00292.x     Document Type: Article

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