EPSY 8268: Hierarchical Linear Modeling in Educational Research

Resources

2017 Syllabus

HLM Student Version Download

HLM References

Center for Multilevel Modeling

Optimal Design

Latent Growth & Multilevel Modeling Examples

Center for Multilevel Modeling

CMM Web Resources

CRAN page on PsychMeta R package for Meta-Analysis also via GitHub

Data Sources

Standards for Reporting on Empirical Social Science Research in AERA Publications

APA Style for Statistical Notation

Assignments

Assignment 1
Assignment 2
Assignment 3
Assignment 4
Assignment 5
Assignment 6
Assignment 7

Study Critique

HLM Analysis Project

TIMSS 1994 Data

Do not click directly on links - you will want to download these files to save locally. The "Data" files are SPSS files.

Student-Data / Student-Variables
Teacher-Data / Teacher-Variables
Student-Excel / Teacher-Excel
Combined-Data / Combined-Excel

TIMSS94-MDM

Math-Reading Data

Student-Math-Reading-data / Schools-data

Examples from 10-3: Unconditional Model
Conditional1 (randomly varying covariate)
Conditional2 (means as outcomes)
Conditional3 (means & slopes as outcomes)

Growth-Model Data

EG1s.sav / EG2s.sav
Combined Excel Data EG1sHMLM.sav

3-Level Model Data

EG1r.sav / EG2r.sav / EG3r.sav

Categorical Data

UTHAI12.sav / TCHR1.sav / TCHR2.sav

Meta-Analysis Data

correlations.sav / math8alpha.sav / meta20.sav / astlrd.sav / Study Descriptions

 

Presentations & Notes

1-Intro and review

2-Two level models

Example 1

3-Estimation and hypothesis testing

Decision rules

4-Conducting HLM Analyses

Statement on p-values

5-Organizational Research

Centering guidance (draft)

5.2-Other Considerations

Reliability

Computing Effect Sizes

6-Individual Change

HMLM version2

8-Three & Four-Level Models

Residual files (this is for later - checking assumptions)

HLM Assumptions

Checking Assumptions Examples

10-HGLM

Intro to Meta-Analysis

7-Meta-Analysis

11-Latent Variable Models

Item Response Models

12-Cross-Classified Models

Readings

Albano & Rodriguez 2013. Math OTL and differential item functioning.

Braun et al. 2006. Charter schools.

Enders & Tofighi. 2007. Centering predictors.

Garner & Raudenbush. 1991. Neighborhood effects on educational attainment.

Hahs-Vaughn. 2005. Using weights.

Harwell et al. 2013. High school math and college achievement.

Hoffman & Rovine. 2007. Multilevel models for the experimental psychologist.

Jameel. n.d. How to do Power Calculations in Optimal Design Software.

Lee & Bryk. 1989. Social distribution of achievement.

Meink & Rodriguez. 2013. Cluster correlations.

Osborne. 2000. Advantanges of HLM.

Myung. 2003. A tutorial on maximum likelihood estimation.

Rodriguez. 2004. TIMSS classroom assessment.

Rodriguez. 2005. Random effects meta-analysis of correlations.

Sampson, Raudenbush, & Earls. 1997. Neighborhoods and violent crime.

Smolik. 2010. Using multilevel modeling in the analysis of experimental data.

Spybrook. 2011. Optimal Design Plus Empirical Evidence.

Tate & Pituch. 2007. Multivariate HLM in randomized field experiments.

Taylor et al. 2003. Reading growth in high poverty classrooms.

Woltman. 2012. Tutorial intro to HLM.

Other Readings

Albright & Marinova. 2010. Multilevel models using SPSS, Stata, SAS, and R.

Atkins. 2005. Couple/family treatment data.

Goldstein, Browne, & Rashash. 2002. Multilevel modeling medical data.

Hobson, Roy, & Coryn. 2013. HLM in evaluation.

McNeish & Stapleton. 2016. Modeling with very few clusters.

Ravand. 2015. Item response theory using HGLM.

Templin. 2008. Framing IRT as HLM.

Wech & Heck. 2004. HLM for marketing research.