Multilevel modeling of social segregation

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-30

  Leckie, George ^a   Pillinger, Rebecca ^a   Jones, Kelvyn ^a   Goldstein, Harvey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

binomial response model; hierarchical linear models; multilevel models; segregation indices; social segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856569632     PISSN: 10769986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/1076998610394367     Document Type: Review

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