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| From | saurav pathak <sauravicbs@googlemail.com> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | st: xtmixed:comparing strengths of coefficients |
| Date | Tue, 9 Mar 2010 20:39:58 +0000 |
Dear All I am using xtmixed in a multilevel analysis. Level 1 is individual level and Level 2 in social reference group level. In my model I have level-1 variables as well as level-2 variables. I have hypothesized that level-2 variables will have a stronger effect than level-1 variables on the dependant variable. I needed some help with some statistical method that could compare the coefficients generated both for level-1 and level-2 variables using xtmixed estimation. The stucture of my command line is as follows: xtmixed DV level-1_var1 level-1_var2 level-1_var3 level-2_var1 level-2_var2 || social_reference_group:level-1_var1,variance cov(unstr) mle How can I say (statistically) looking at level-2 varaible's coefficient that they have a stronger effect. The results that I get do show greater magnitude of level-2 coefficients, but they are not standardized coeff. How can I support my finding that level-2 coeff do really cast a stronger effect? Kindly help Thanks Saurav * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/