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FAQs

What do I need?

 

1. How much statistics do I need to know to be able to understand Multilevel Model Foundations?

2. Do I need to use the statistical package Stata to run your examples, and if I do, How much does it cost?

Dear Author, can you provide more context?

 

3. Did Stata, the software company, or Hasbro, the owner of Monopoly, pay you to write Multilevel Model Foundations?

4. Why did you write Multilevel Model Foundations?

5. What are some other good introductory textbooks for learning multilevel models?

6. In what ways is Multilevel Model Foundations different from other introductory textbooks?

7. Since Multilevel Model Foundations uses a "toy" dataset, will I have difficulty using these techniques with a "real" dataset?

8. If I work with clustered data, is there any way I can figure out if my statistical findings will be the same regardless of whether I use monolevel or multilevel models?

9. Statistical equations terrify me. Does Multilevel Model Foundations  have a lot of equations? If it does, can I skip them and still learn what I need?

10. I also hear about models like hierarchical linear models, mixed models, random intercept models, and random coefficient regression models. How are these different from multilevel models?

Suppose my situation is a little bit different?

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11. It looks like, from your "more about the book" page, that  cross sectional examples in Multilevel Monopoly only have 2 levels of nesting, for example, properties nested within neighborhoods. What do I do if I have data nested at three or more levels?

12. I work with data where the outcome is binary. Will your book help me with those models?

13. I work with data where the outcome is counts. Will your book help me with those models?

14. I work with data where the outcome is categorical. Will your book help me with those models?

15. I work with models where the outcome is ordered categories, like Likert-scaled responses to survey questions. Will your book help me with those models?

16. Are there any places where I can find sample chapters of Multilevel Model Foundations?

17. Does Multilevel Model Foundations include any examples using longitudinal data?

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