Chapter6
Random Slopes, Variance Functions, and Cross-Level Interactions
In this chapterevidence that slopes vary; the random intercept and slope model; the variance function and within-cluster correlation it implies; interpreting the slope variance and the intercept-slope covariance; two worked examples; several random slopes; random effects of categorical predictors; cross-level interactions and how to probe them; reporting.
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Cite this bookYu, H.-T. (2026). Multilevel modeling for psychology and the social sciences: Models, graphs, and practice (Web ed.). Chapter 6.