Read Multilevel Model Foundations because ...

Because you teach about clustered social science data, and seek a gentler introductory text for your students.

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Because your research data cluster in space, or time, or both. If you are working with these types of data, you need multilevel models.

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Because you are a beginning graduate student in a social science discipline - or a natural science discipline - where multilevel models prove useful. You want to learn about the kinds of questions these models can address.

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Because you are a policy maker or a public official interested in understanding policy reports or evaluation reports which use these models.

 

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Why should I trust the author, Ralph B. Taylor?

He has done research using multilevel models for over two decades.

 

He has taught these models to graduate students for over two decades.

 

National research agencies have funded his research.

 

He has written or co-written over 90 refereed research articles. These articles have appeared in well-respected journals.