Primacy of Multilevel Analysis with Respect to Hierarchically Organized Data

Abstract

Nested data are increasingly analyzed by multilevel-analyzing-program s, specially developed for this purpose. The advantages of such programs for analysis compared with the techniques previously used are set out in this article, both in theory and together with an empirical example. Hierarchically Organized Data. Multilevel Analysis. Multilevel Computer Programs, Comparison of Methods.

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