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Table 8 Application PISA 2015 Data—Model 1 \({y}_{ij}={\beta }_{0}+ {\tau }_{i}+ {\varepsilon }_{ij}\)

From: Sampling weights in multilevel modelling: an investigation using PISA sampling structures

 

\(\widehat{{\beta }_{0}}\)

SE \(\widehat{{\beta }_{0}}\)

\(\widehat{{\sigma }_{\varepsilon }^{2}}\)

SE \(\widehat{{\sigma }_{\varepsilon }^{2}}\)

\(\widehat{{\sigma }_{\tau }^{2}}\)

SE \(\widehat{{\sigma }_{\tau }^{2}}\)

SAS

 No weights

508.28

4.49

5426.01

118.52

4013.66

272.93

 Unscaled weights

481.80

5.41

5079.08

132.86

3940.63

284.36

 Only school weights

483.83

5.37

5323.60

129.28

4042.81

331.98

 Only student weights

506.42

4.54

5174.72

115.51

3936.82

236.50

 Withincluster weights

484.43

5.34

5294.40

117.54

3987.60

307.94

 Scaled weights: cluster

483.83

5.37

5323.60

129.28

4042.81

331.98

 Scaled weights: ECluster

483.83

5.37

5323.60

129.28

4042.81

331.98

 Clustersum

503.40

4.68

5451.93

121.11

4027.00

282.90

 House weights

507.86

4.50

5421.13

121.32

4017.66

272.42

Mplus

 No weights

507.92

4.50

5412.54

117.97

4811.59

372.69

 Unscaled weights

483.67

5.34

5297.45

127.78

4865.75

454.33

 Only school weights

483.57

5.37

5294.79

127.64

4860.81

456.38

 Only student weights

507.81

4.50

5410.61

118.42

4818.42

373.28

 Withincluster weights

483.57

5.37

5294.79

127.64

4860.81

456.38

 Scaled weights: cluster

483.67

5.34

5297.45

127.78

4865.75

454.33

 Scaled Weights: ECluster

483.69

5.34

5297.98

127.86

4863.82

454.18

 Clustersum

504.26

4.61

5408.24

119.54

4760.76

373.38

 House weights

507.92

4.50

5412.54

117.97

4811.59

372.69

  1. Classifying the results of the simulation study to application data, the different weighting approaches combined with different estimation algorithms implemented in the two examined software packages are displayed