Research Article

Sufficient Sample Size and Power in Multilevel Ordinal Logistic Regression Models

Table 9

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: skewed).

ParametersNumber of groupsGroup sizeICC
30100120 value53050 value0.10.30.5 value

0.9180.9200.9240.11550.9150.9190.9270.00530.9280.9230.9120.0000
0.9210.9260.9280.02450.9200.9270.9310.00440.9310.9290.9170.0002
0.9210.9240.9280.09650.9180.9240.9310.00310.9290.9260.9180.0032
0.8990.9020.9050.05670.8970.9020.9070.02740.9030.9050.8980.1459
0.9050.9080.9110.16330.9010.9100.9140.00150.9160.9090.9000.0003