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Fixed and Random Effects

Encyclopedia of Statistics in Behavioral SciencePublished 15 April 2005
Tom A. B. Snijders
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Abstract

Abstract In performing a multilevel analysis, what is a level? And when should a variable have a random slope? This depends on whether the units in the design should be regarded as being representative of a population and on whether the researcher wishes to draw conclusions primarily about the observed units or primarily about the population.

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