Design Issues for Experiments in Multilevel Populations

Mirjam Moerbeek, Gerard J. P. van Breukelen and Martijn P. F. Berger

Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2000, vol. 25, issue 3, 271-284

Abstract: For the design of experiments in multilevel populations the following questions may arise: What is the optimal level of randomization? Given a certain budget for sampling and measuring, what is the optimal allocation of units? What is the required budget for obtaining a certain power on the test of no treatment effect? In this article these questions will be dealt with for populations with two or three levels of nesting and continuous outcomes. Multilevel models are used to model the relationship between experimental condition and the outcome variable. The estimator of the regression, coefficient associated with treatment condition, a parameter assumed to be fixed in this paper; is of main interest and should be estimated as efficiently as possible. Therefore, its variance is used as a criterion for optimizing the level of randomization and the allocation of units.

Keywords: multilevel models; experimental designs; level of randomization; allocation of units; power (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.3102/10769986025003271

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