Inequality Constrained Multilevel Models release_cevwdz2i6nbm5pybyq4lwbo75y

by Bernet S. Kato, Carel F.W. Peeters

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Multilevel or hierarchical data structures can occur in many areas of research, including economics, psychology, sociology, agriculture, medicine, and public health. Over the last 25 years, there has been increasing interest in developing suitable techniques for the statistical analysis of multilevel data, and this has resulted in a broad class of models known under the generic name of multilevel models. Generally, multilevel models are useful for exploring how relationships vary across higher-level units taking into account the within and between cluster variations. Research scientists often have substantive theories in mind when evaluating data with statistical models. Substantive theories often involve inequality constraints among the parameters to translate a theory into a model. This chapter shows how the inequality constrained multilevel linear model can be given a Bayesian formulation, how the model parameters can be estimated using a so-called augmented Gibbs sampler, and how posterior probabilities can be computed to assist the researcher in model selection.
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