Performance evaluation of recent information criteria for selecting multilevel models in Behavioral and Social Sciences

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 48-57

  Vallejo, Guillermo ^a   Tuero Herrero, Ellián ^a   Núñez, José Carlos ^a   Rosário, Pedro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Information criteria; Model selection; Monte Carlo study; Multilevel models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894024597     PISSN: 16972600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1697-2600(14)70036-5     Document Type: Article

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