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Fig. 2 | BMC Medical Research Methodology

Fig. 2

From: Consequences of ignoring clustering in linear regression

Fig. 2

Difference from “true” value of 1 of regression coefficients estimated from RI and OLS models (\({\beta }_{1}^{RI}\) and \({\beta }_{1}^{OLS}\)) plotted against dispersion (expressed as SD) of the mean value/prevalence of \({x}_{ij}\) across the clusters within each sample. Results for different levels of intraclass correlation coefficient are distinguished by shades of grey as indicated in the legend. A Continuous \({x}_{ij}\). B Binary \({x}_{ij}\)

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