The Variance of Intraclass Correlations in Three- and Four-Level Models

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 893-909

  Hedges, Larry V ^a   Hedberg, E C C ^b   Kuyper, Arend M ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

intraclass correlation; multilevel models; standard errors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867668503     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164412445193     Document Type: Article

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