Introduction to Multilevel Analysis

Social research often involves problems that investigate the relationship between individual and society. The general concept is that individuals interact with the social contexts to which they belong, meaning that individual persons are influenced by the social groups or contexts to which they belong, and that the properties of those groups are in turn influenced by the individuals who make up that group.

Generally, the individuals and the social groups are conceptualized as a hierarchical system of individuals and groups, with individuals and groups defined at separate levels of this hierarchical system. The appropriate analysis technique for such a hierarchical system is multilevel analysis. The benefits of multilevel analysis are discussed both in theory as with empirical examples. 

A good follow up is our Summer School course: 'Advanced Multilevel'

You might also be interested in:
- A gentle introduction to Bayesian Statistics, for if you have a small sample size
- Advanced Course on Using Mplus, for if you have intensive longitudinal data

For an overview of all our summer school courses offered by the Department of Methodology and Statistics please click here.