Multilevel Modeling Techniques and Applications in Institutional - Research, No. 15

Klappentext Multilevel modeling is an increasingly popular multivariate technique that is widely applied in the social sciences. Increasingly! practitioners are making instructional decisions based on results from their multivariate analyses! which often come from nested data that lend themselves to multilevel modeling techniques. Zusammenfassung Multilevel modeling is an increasingly popular multivariate technique that is widely applied in the social sciences. Increasingly! practitioners are making instructional decisions based on results from their multivariate analyses! which often come from nested data that lend themselves to multilevel modeling techniques. Inhaltsverzeichnis Editors Notes 1 Joe L. Lott! II! James S. Antony 1. Hierarchical Data Structures! Institutional Research! and Multilevel Modeling 5 Ann A. O Connell! Sandra J. Reed The authors provide an overview of hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) and highlight the particular advantages of HLM for those involved in institutional research. 2. Introduction to Estimation Issues in Multilevel Modeling 23 D. Betsy McCoach! Anne C. Black This chapter is a conceptual! nontechnical overview of estimation and model fit issues in multilevel modeling. 3. Using Existing Data Sources/Programs and Multilevel Modeling Techniques for Questions in Institutional Research 41 Joe P. King! Jose M. Hernandez! Joe L. Lott! II This chapter examines the data sources that lend themselves to institutional research and multilevel modeling and briefly describes the various software packages that handle multilevel models. 4. Multilevel Models for Binary Data 57 Daniel A. Powers The author provides a brief overview of models with binary outcomes and carries out two example multilevel analyses with binary outcomes on institutional data. 5. Cross-Classified Random Effects Models in Institutional Research 77 Laura E. Meyers This chapter provides one example of how cross-classified random effects modeling can be used to assess faculty gender pay differentials in higher education. 6. Multilevel Modeling: Applications to Research on the Assessment of Student Learning! Engagement! and Developmental Outcomes 95 Pu-Shih Daniel Chen! Kristina Cragg Using data from a four-year university located in the southeastern United States! this chapter provides an example of how to use multilevel modeling to study the effects of a learning community on student learning and discusses some strategies for reporting multilevel modeling results. 7. Multilevel Modeling: Presenting and Publishing the Results for Internal and External Constituents 111 Gary R. Pike! Louis M. Rocconi Multilevel modeling provides several advantages over traditional ordinary least squares regression analysis; however! reporting results to stakeholders can be challenging. This chapter identifies some useful principles for reporting results. INDEX 125 ...

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• Authors: Antony, Ir, Ir (COR), Ir (Institutional Research), Lott, Joe L. Antony Lott
• Assisted by: James S. Antony (Editor), Joe L. Lott (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.07.2012
• EAN: 9781118444009
• ISBN: 978-1-118-44400-9
• No. of pages: 112
• Series: J-B IR Single Issue Institutio; J-B IR Single Issue Institutional Research; J-B IR Single Issue Institutio
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Adult education