Multilevel Models

The Oxford Handbook of Political Methodology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Jones, Bradford S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross unit heterogeneity; Fixed effects; Hierarchical data structures; Multilevel models; Random effects; Two level models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924038336     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199286546.003.0026     Document Type: Chapter

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