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Hi everyone, I have an ordinal independent variable that I have used in a 4 level model, using MCMC. Is there a way I can calculate how much variance the model explains for each level? In the past I have followed Snijders and Bosker's theshold representation method when working with 2 level models b...

Brilliant, thank you, particularly for the speed of your reply!

I am analysing anthropometric data collected from pupils within schools, with this data collection varying between PCTs. This is a simple 3 level model: level 1 = pupil, level 2 = schools, level 3 = PCTs. I now want to incorporate measures assigned to Super Output Areas (SOAs). As SOAs are not embed...