Multilevel Modelling and Longitudinal Data Analysis
EpidM: Amsterdam UMC/VU
Multilevel models, also known as mixed models are used to analyse correlated observations. Correlated observations can occur, for instance, when subjects are clustered within neighbourhoods, patients are clustered within hospitals, students are clustered within schools, etc. Besides this, correlated observations also occur in longitudinal studies where the repeated measurements over time are cl…