A tutorial on centering in cross-sectional two-level models

Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 275-294

  Myers, Nicholas D ^a   Brincks, Ahnalee M ^a   Beauchamp, Mark R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

centering within cluster; grand mean centering; group mean centering; hierarchical linear modeling; multilevel modeling; raw score

Indexed keywords

EXERCISE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW;

EID: 78049510510     PISSN: 1091367X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1091367X.2010.520247     Document Type: Review

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