HIERARCHICAL LINEAR MODELING      3 Credit Hours

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(Slashed with RMS 68745 ) This course introduces methods for the analysis of multilevel data and emphasizes practical, hands-on development, analysis and interpretation of hierarchical linear models. Applications will be drawn from education, psychology, other social sciences, and health-related disciplines. Topic coverage includes development of multilevel models, estimation, hypothesis testing, statistical inference, model assessment and residual diagnostics, centering options and impact, treatment of heterogeneity, and introduction to longitudinal analysis via multilevel models.