Bayesian methods for the analysis of small sample multilevel data with a complex variance structure

Psychological Methods

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 151-164

  Baldwin, Scott A ^a   Fellingham, Gilbert W ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; MCMC; Multilevel data; Partially clustered data

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84879535463     PISSN: 1082989X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030642     Document Type: Article

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