Multilevel Modeling of Interval-Contingent Data in Neuropsychology Research Using the lmerTest Package in R

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 7 - Trang 102-112 - 2021
Richard S. Pond1, Matison W. McCool1, Brian A. Bulla2
1Teaching Laboratory 2080, Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, USA
2Department of Psychology, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, USA

Tóm tắt

Intensive longitudinal research designs are becoming more common in the field of neuropsychology. They are a powerful approach to studying development and change in naturally occurring phenomena. However, to fully capitalize on the wealth of data yielded by these designs, researchers have to understand the nature of multilevel data structures. The purpose of the present article is to describe some of the basic concepts and techniques involved in modeling multilevel data structures. In addition, this article serves as a step-by-step tutorial to demonstrate how neuropsychologists can implement basic multilevel modeling techniques with real data and the R package, lmerTest. R may be an ideal option for some empirical scientists, applied statisticians, and clinicians, because it is a free and open-source programming language for statistical computing and graphics that offers a flexible and powerful set of tools for analyzing data. All data and code described in the present article have been made publicly available.

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