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How to center in multilevel models

Have you ever thought about centering your variables before running an regression based analysis? From my personal experiences, chances are high are that you haven’t: Although a useful data transformation procedure for many statistical analyses, centering is seldom taught in fundamental statistic courses. Although the mathematical principles behind it may seem arbitrary, its implications are oftentimes quite strong. Although centering is already useful in standard statistical modeling (e.g., OLS regression), its usefulness is particularly evident… Read More »How to center in multilevel models