MCMC Sampling for a Multilevel Model With Nonindependent Residuals Within and Between Cluster Units

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 453-473

  Browne, William ^a   Goldstein, Harvey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

correlated residuals; education; MCMC; multilevel models; time series

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649771402     PISSN: 10769986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/1076998609359788     Document Type: Article

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