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Table 2 Fixed and random effects in self-study hours

From: The impact of students and curriculum on self-study during clinical training in medical school: a multilevel approach

 

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Source of Variation

Coefficient (95% CI)

Coefficient (95% CI)

Coefficient (95% CI)

Fixed effects

   

 (Intercept)

9.8 (9.0;11.2)

9.8 (8.9;11.0)

10.6 (9.1;12.2)

 Allocated Self-Study Hours

0.2 (0.1;0.3)

0.2 (0.1;0.3)

 Academic year

 

  2007/2008

  

Reference

  2008/2009

  

−1.5 (−2.7; −0.3)

  2009/2010

  

−0.8 (−1.7;0.7)

  2010/2011

  

−0.4 (−1.1;1.2)

Random effects

   

 Clerkship

   

  Variance

7.3

7.3

7.3

  PCV (%)

Reference

0.0

0.0

  ICC (%)

6.9

6.9

6.9

 Student

   

  Variance

59.3

59.2

59.1

  PCV (%)

Reference

0.2

0.3

  ICC (%)

56.1

56.0

55.9

 Residual variance (Clerkship*Student)

39.2

39.2

39.2

p value +

<0.001

0.268

AIC

57,663

57,654

57,656

BIC

57,691

57,689

57,712

Log L

−28,827

−28,822

−28,820

  1. Abbreviations: PCV proportional change in variance, CI confidence interval, ICC intraclass correlation coefficient, AIC Akaike information criterion, BIC Bayesian information criteria, Log L Log likelihood
  2. + Likelihood ratio test