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| Event Begins: | 14-May-10 |
| Event Ends: | 14-May-10 |
| Title: | Multilevel Modelling
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| Description: | Course Summary This one-day course begins with a description of some examples where multilevel models are useful in statistical analysis and some examples of multilevel populations. We then cover the basic theory of multilevel models and a brief introduction to software that has been written specifically for fitting multilevel models: MLwiN. No prior knowledge of multilevel modelling is assumed. Participants will get some experience of using MLwiN software. Course Objectives The course will: Introduce the general idea of multilevel modelling; Consider some issues of multilevel modelling from a substantive and theoretical perspective; Show how Multilevel modelling can applied to social data using specialist software MLwiN. Target Audience Social Scientists who want to learn about a quantitative technique that allows both individual and group level variations to be simultaneously taken into account when modelling social phenomena. Preliminary Reading Snijders and Bosker (1999) Multilevel modelling. Sage. Duration: 1 day Level: Level 2 (intermediate) Course Fee: Course Fee: £175/£125 Course Leader: Mark Tranmer Course Requirements: Familiarity with regression models.
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| Web Reference: | http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/courses/mlm.htm |
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| Region: | European Region |
| Location: | Manchester, UK |