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Showing 1 to 20 of 96 for “"Hierarchical linear modeling"”.
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Hierarchical Linear Modeling versus visual analysis of single subject design data
… Several researchers have proposed the use of Hierarchical Linear Modeling to analyze single-subject data because it can withstand violations of assumptions often present in single-subject data that other statistics cannot. In addition, HLM is similar to the actual data structure of …
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Using hierarchical linear modeling to measure school effects on the Colorado Student Assessment Program
… Thus, secondary databases were analyzed using hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) to identify the most consistent and powerful predictors of student achievement on the CSAP fourth-grade reading test. A value-added analysis also was implemented to estimate school effects and to compare school …
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Investigation on multiple factors affecting English-language learners' reading achievement: hierarchical linear modeling approach
… in standardized tests by exploring the complex, hierarchical relation in student, classroom, and school levels. The data used for this study was from National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES), the reading portion of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The three- level …
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A Cross-National Study of School Violence
… to violence in the school setting. Using hierarchical linear modeling (HLM), a method of multi-level linear analysis, of the 2007 Trends in International Math and Science Studies (TIMSS) data augmented with data from UN Human Development Reports, UN Demographic Yearbook, CIA World Factbook …
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A Study of the Value Added by Transformational Leadership Practices to Teachers' Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment
… principals engaged. The researcher then used hierarchical linear modeling to test Bass and Riggio's (2006) Model within this sample group. The results of this study provide researchers with a replicable method with which to examine Bass and Riggio's (2006) Augmentation Model. They also provide …
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Conflict and threat between pre-existing groups: An application of identity to bias, persuasion and belief perseverance
… or only a few of its members. With the use of hierarchical linear modeling and conventional ordinary least square statistics, results indicated general and specific effects of source of the message and the inclusiveness of criticism towards predicting bias, persuasion, and belief perseverance …
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Living On Borrowed Time: A Longitudinal Examination of a Time-Limited Housing Voucher Program
… their experiences while living in poverty. Using Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM) the first analysis addresses what can be predictive of socioeconomic status for families. A second set of analyses were preformed, using both cross-lagged and latent growth modeling, to assess the interconnected …
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Measuring Teaching Practices: Does A Self-Report Measure Of Instruction Predict Student Achievement?
… of instruction (Instructional Practices Scale). Hierarchical linear modeling was used to examine the effects of the scale on students' reading and math standardized test scores and report card grades. Although the scale showed small to moderate relationships with teacher characteristics, results …
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Daily Stress and Physical Health: The Role of Intimacy and Conflict in Romantic Relationships
… within-person and between-person differences. Hierarchical multiple regression models were used to examine between-person differences and hierarchical linear modeling was used to examine within-person differences across seven days of daily diary assessments. Participants reported about their …
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The Role of Attention in Goal Setting
… Analyses were conducted using three-level hierarchical linear modeling (HLM), where repeated measures occur within trials, which are nested within individuals. In general, results failed to support the hypotheses. However, weak support was found for attentional effects when commitment was …
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Relationship between family, school, peer, and student characteristics and student scientific literacy in Azerbaijan
… 171 schools and 5,184 students in Azerbaijan. Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM) was utilized to analyze the effects of school, family, peer and student individual characteristics on scientific literacy scores. The study found that student-level factors explain a slightly higher proportion of …
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Fibromyalgia and Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Relationship Between Pain, Depression, and Family Health
… have not been examined together using hierarchical linear modeling. Participants were 90 patients with either a fibromyalgia or rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis. A series of questionnaires were used to measure depression, pain, and family health. Using a path analysis it was determined …
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Dyslexic Hearts: Links between Couples' Interpersonal Sensitivity, Emotional Arousal, Situational Intentions and Emotional Expression
… and <i>across</i> individuals using hierarchical linear modeling techniques. Overall, results demonstrated that fluctuations in the valence (whether it is positive or negative) of the emotional arousal of the sender and the perceiver are linked in meaningful ways with changes in IPS …
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Adolescent Risk Behaviors: Considering the Influences and Interactions of Multiple Contexts
… characteristics of their school and community. Hierarchical Linear Modeling was used to consider the variation of parental and peer influences on risk behaviors while evaluating the influences of school and community. Results indicated that all Level 2 variables (school climate, positive sense …
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Working in Harmony: The Impact of Personality on the Short- and Long-Run Dynamics of Team Cohesion
… variability score. After performing longitudinal hierarchical linear modeling, results indicated that team personality impacts cohesion differently at initial status and over time. In particular, higher team agreeableness predicted greater slopes of cohesion, but not initial cohesion levels. Also, …
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Modeling Treatment Outcomes in Eating Disorders
… the unique and varied needs of each patient. Hierarchical Linear Modeling was used to examine the effect of Individually Tailored Service Allocation on eating disorder treatment outcomes. A total of 51 adult women meeting diagnostic criteria for an eating disorder participated in this study. …
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Peer and Maternal Relationship Predictors of Adolescent Romantic Conflict Resolution
… in aggressive conflict resolution strategies. Hierarchical linear modeling was used to analyze growth curves. Results indicated linear increases in problem solving and withdrawal over the course of late adolescence and early adulthood. Levels of compliance, verbal aggression, and physical …
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A Multilevel Analysis of Student Engagement, Teacher Quality, and Math Achievement
… (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and hierarchical linear modeling (HLM). The results EFA and CFA showed that students’ engagement in math classrooms consists of three dimensions: behavior, cognition, and emotion. The results provided evidence in supporting the multidimensional theory …
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Social and lifestyle predictors of perceived health in the United States: A replication and extension of Statistics Canada.
… States and Census data. In particular, multiple linear regression (MLR) and hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) were used to analyze state and individual-level data. Unlike data at the aggregate level (Canadian health regions and states of the United States), results at the individual-level were …
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Daily alcohol use and relationship functioning in young adult romantic relationships
… 3 weeks. Results from analyses conducted using hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) showed uniformly positive effects of drinking with one's partner, but largely negative effects of drinking and of drinking to intoxication on later relationship functioning. Negative relationship processes also …
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