Multilevel thinking : discovering variation, universals, and particulars in cross-cultural research /

"Multilevel models have become very common in social research, however, there are aspects of these models that are explored only infrequently. Those that rarely make their way into courses and training materials are published articles that appear in academic journals. The author's view is...

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Main Author: Grogan-Kaylor, Andrew (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Series:Pocket guides to social work research methods.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"Multilevel models have become very common in social research, however, there are aspects of these models that are explored only infrequently. Those that rarely make their way into courses and training materials are published articles that appear in academic journals. The author's view is that multilevel modeling offers powerful tools for understanding the multilevel data that social researchers often confront. For example, researchers are often interested in studying outcomes for diverse groups of children in different schools, residents of diverse and different neighborhoods, or individuals or families living in diverse and different countries. Such inherently multilevel data lead to analytic complexities, some of which might be well understood, while others seem to be much less often appreciated. This book offers an accessible tutorial for applied researchers, especially those who see their research having some advocacy based component. The approach of this book, while offering up some equations, is less mathematically rigorous than some of the existing texts, and written with the intent of providing a clear and practically focused guide for the applied researcher who is attempting to carry out better research with diverse populations."--Publisher.
Item Description:Series statement from CIP data view.
Physical Description:1 online resource (unpaged) : illustrations (some color), map
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780197806494
019780649X
9780197806470
0197806473