Does the Package Matter? A Comparison of Five Common Multilevel Modeling Software Packages
| العنوان: | Does the Package Matter? A Comparison of Five Common Multilevel Modeling Software Packages |
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| المؤلفون: | Sarah D. Newton, Xiaoran Li, Graham G. Rifenbark, Dani Yomtov, D. Betsy McCoach, Janice Kooken, Aarti P. Bellara, Anthony J. Gambino |
| المصدر: | Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics. 43:594-627 |
| بيانات النشر: | American Educational Research Association (AERA), 2018. |
| سنة النشر: | 2018 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Computer science, business.industry, Computation, 05 social sciences, Monte Carlo method, Multilevel model, 050401 social sciences methods, Usability, 01 natural sciences, Education, Computational science, 010104 statistics & probability, Software, 0504 sociology, Sample size determination, Computer software, 0101 mathematics, business, Social Sciences (miscellaneous), Statistical software |
| الوصف: | This study compared five common multilevel software packages via Monte Carlo simulation: HLM 7, M plus 7.4, R (lme4 V1.1-12), Stata 14.1, and SAS 9.4 to determine how the programs differ in estimation accuracy and speed, as well as convergence, when modeling multiple randomly varying slopes of different magnitudes. Simulated data included population variance estimates, which were zero or near zero for two of the five random slopes. Generally, when yielding admissible solutions, all five software packages produced comparable and reasonably unbiased parameter estimates. However, noticeable differences among the five packages arose in terms of speed, convergence rates, and the production of standard errors for random effects, especially when the variances of these effects were zero in the population. The results of this study suggest that applied researchers should carefully consider which random effects they wish to include in their models. In addition, nonconvergence rates vary across packages, and models that fail to converge in one package may converge in another. |
| تدمد: | 1935-1054 1076-9986 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::bfb39bcd6b0637787e611cf3ec217bd1Test https://doi.org/10.3102/1076998618776348Test |
| حقوق: | CLOSED |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi...........bfb39bcd6b0637787e611cf3ec217bd1 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 19351054 10769986 |
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