Within- and between-cluster effects in generalized linear mixed models: A discussion of approaches and the xthybrid command

• Francisco Perales ^[1] ; Reinhard Schunck ^[2]
  1. [1] University of Queensland

     University of Queensland

     Australia

     
  2. [2] Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences

     Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences

     Stadtkreis Mannheim, Alemania

     
• Localización: The Stata journal, ISSN 1536-867X, Vol. 17, Nº. 1, 2017, págs. 89-115
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1177/1536867x1701700106
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• Resumen

  • One typically analyzes clustered data using random- or fixed-effects models. Fixed-effects models allow consistent estimation of the effects of level-one variables, even if there is unobserved heterogeneity at level two. However, these models cannot estimate the effects of level-two variables. Hybrid and correlated random-effects models are flexible modeling specifications that separate within- and between-cluster effects and allow for both consistent estimation of level-one effects and inclusion of level-two variables. In this article, we elaborate on the separation of within- and between-cluster effects in generalized linear mixed models. These models present a unifying framework for an entire class of models whose response variables follow a distribution from the exponential family (for example, linear, logit, probit, ordered probit and logit, Poisson, and negative binomial models). We introduce the user-written command xthybrid, a shell for the meglm command. xthybrid can fit a variety of hybrid and correlated random-effects models