TY - BOOK AU - Leeuw,Jan de AU - Meijer,Erik TI - Handbook of multilevel analysis SN - 9780387731834 (alk. paper) AV - HA31.35 .B47 2011 U1 - 003.35133 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - Springer KW - Social sciences KW - Research KW - Mathematical models KW - Multilevel models (Statistics) N1 - Print version: Handbook of multilevel analysis. New York : Springer, ©2008 (DLC) 2007938348 (OCoLC)191737715; Includes bibliographical references and indexes; TOC; 1 -Introduction to multilevel analysis by Jan de Leeuw and Erik Meijer -- 2 -Bayesian multilevel analysis and MCMC by David Draper -- 3 -Diagnostic checks for multilevel models by Tom A. B. Snijders and Johannes Berkhof -- 4 -Optimal designs for multilevel studies Mirjam Moerbeek by Gerard J. P. Van Breukelen and Martijn P. F. Berger -- 5 -Many small groups by Stephen W. Raudenbush -- 6 -Multilevel models for ordinal and nominal variables by Donald Hedeker -- 7 -Multilevel and related models for longitudinal data by Anders Skrondal and Sophia Rabe-Hesketh -- 8 -Non-hierarchical multilevel models by Jon Rasbash and William J. Browne -- 9 -Multilevel generalized linear models by German Rodriguez -- 10 -Missing data by Nicholas T. Longford -- 11 -Resampling multilevel models by Rien van der Leeden and Erik Meijer and Frank M. T. A. Busing -- 12 -Multilevel structural equation modeling by Stephen H. C. du Toit and Mathilda du Toit; AS N2 - Summary: Multilevel analysis is the statistical analysis of hierarchically and non-hierarchically nested data. Multilevel data are especially prevalent in the social and behavioral sciences and in the bio-medical sciences. This book presents the state of the art in multilevel analysis, with an emphasis on more advanced topics UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0804/2007938348.html UR - http://www.worldcat.org/title/handbook-of-multilevel-analysis/oclc/804641896?referer=br&ht=edition UR - http://lib.ewubd.edu/ebook/7032 ER -