Multilevel Design

HARRY J. M. HUTTNER is a member of the Research Methodology Division of the Department of Social Sciences at the Catholic University of Nijmegen.PIETER van den EEDEN is affiliated with the Department of Social Research Methods at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam.

• Preface Principles Introduction; Approach Theory Model Procedure Multilevel Theories and Their Explanations of Contextual Effects Introduction Conforming Choosing Meeting chances Adapting Retrospective The Multilevel Design Introduction Types of fallacies Research problem and conceptual model Operationalization Observation of Group Characteristics Typology construction, analysis, and interpretation Conclusion Interpretation of an Analytical Group Characteristic Introduction Social climate Material culture Network structure Frog-pond effect Subgroups Peer group Social structures out of the context Conclusion Multilevel Design in Evaluation Research Introduction The structure of evaluation research Multilevel research An example Conclusion Further Developments of Multilevel Research Applications of multilevel research Trends and prospects References Annotated Bibliography of Multilevel Research 1980-1993 Theoretical issues in multilevel research Methodological issues in multilevel research Applications in educational research Applications in studies of voting behaviour Applications in studies of deviant behaviour and healthcare Applications in studies of organizations Applications in studies of spatial contexts Miscellaneous Author Index Subject Index Title Index