Abstract
This article contrasts two analytical methods for making cross-level inferences between individual-level factors and group-level factors in school-effectiveness research, the aptitude by treatment interaction design and hierarchical linear modeling. Although the aptitude by treatment interaction method is suitable for making cross-level inferences when the intraclass correlations are low, partitioning the interaction into within-and between-contexts components is recommended to discern if the interaction is due to confounding contextual effects.
Recommended Citation
Sheehan, Janet K. and Han, Tianqi
(1996)
"Hierarchical Modeling Techniques to Analyze Contextual Effects: What Happened to the Aptitude by Treatment Design?,"
Mid-Western Educational Researcher: Vol. 9:
Iss.
4, Article 3.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/mwer/vol9/iss4/3
