Research Article

Sufficient Sample Size and Power in Multilevel Ordinal Logistic Regression Models

Table 8

95% CI coverage rates for the estimates in a three-category ordinal response variable model by groups, group size, and intraclass correlation (method: PQL, category distribution: symmetrical).

ParametersNumber of groupsGroup sizeICC
30100120 value53050 value0.10.30.5 value

0.9210.9250.9280.11350.9180.9260.9320.00300.9250.9260.9220.5156
0.9180.9220.9250.06710.9170.9220.9280.01700.9280.9240.9120.0001
0.9230.9270.9290.10990.9200.9260.9330.00140.9310.9290.9180.0009
0.8970.9000.9070.00870.8960.9020.9080.00440.9050.9030.8950.0215
0.9030.9060.9080.13270.8980.9060.9120.00180.9100.9090.8970.0055