Nested Models and HLM

2000-09-08 Thread Magill, Brett

Is there a difference between a Nested Model in general and what is referred
to as a hierarchical linear model?

Thanks,

Brett Magill


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Re: Nested Models and HLM

2000-09-08 Thread Donald Burrill

On Fri, 8 Sep 2000, Magill, Brett wrote:

 Is there a difference between a Nested Model in general and what is 
 referred to as a hierarchical linear model?

On my understanding that "hierarchical linear model" is the same as 
"multilevel model", a nested model is in general a particular instance
of a hierarchical or multilevel model.

However, the standard programs I know of for performing ANOVA on nested 
models do not in general estimate the covariances between levels of the 
design;  and these are explicitly modelled (or are explicitly assumed not 
to exist) in multilevel modelling.  So one ought not to expect the 
_analysis_ of a nested model (by your favourite statistical package's 
ANOVA or GLM routine) to yield the same results as a properly 
hierarchical analysis.
-- DFB.
 
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