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ERIC Number: ED557574
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Dec
Pages: 24
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
The Variance of Intraclass Correlations in Three and Four Level
Hedges, Larry V.; Hedberg, Eric C.; Kuyper, Arend M.
Grantee Submission
Intraclass correlations are used to summarize the variance decomposition in popula- tions with multilevel hierarchical structure. There has recently been considerable interest in estimating intraclass correlations from surveys or designed experiments to provide design parameters for planning future large-scale randomized experiments. The large sample distribution of estimates of the intraclass correlation in two-level situations is well known. Contemporary educational and social experiments often involve sampling designs with three or four levels of nesting, leading to three- and four-level intraclass correlation structures. The present article provides expressions for the large sample variances and covariances of estimates of three- and four-level intraclass correlation structures. An appendix describes the multilevel models on which the results of this paper are based and the method used to derive those results. [This paper was published in "Educational and Psychological Measurement," v72 n6 p893-909 Dec 2012 (EJ982773).]
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 5; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools; Elementary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED); National Science Foundation (NSF)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Kentucky
IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305D110032; 0815295