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. 2012;220(2):121–129. doi: 10.1027/2151-2604/a000103

Table 3. Results for five multilevel logistic regression models of the final decision of the board of trustees (N = 8,496 proposals).

Null model Random intercept + female reviewer, female applicant Random intercept/slope + female reviewer, female applicant Random intercept + female reviewer, female applicant + covariates Final model
Term Est. Par. Est. SE Scal. Est. SE Scal. Est. SE Scal. Est. SE Scal. Est. SE Scal.
Notes. Est. Par. = parameter, Est. = estimated parameter value, SE = standard error, Scal. = rescaled parameter, −2LogL = deviance, BIC = Schwarz Bayesian information criterion. The variance of the residuals εji is fixed to 3.29. *p < .05 (t-test; t-value and degrees of freedom are not reported), †p < .05 (Wald test).
Fixed effects
 Intercept β0 −0.18* 0.04 −0.10 −0.12* 0.05 −0.06 −0.12* 0.05 −0.06 −1.10* 0.23 −0.20 −1.43* 0.10 −0.26
 Female reviewer minority β1 −0.13 0.07 −0.07 −0.13 0.08 −0.07 −0.14 0.15 −0.03
 Female reviewer parity/maj. β2 −0.21* 0.08 −0.11 −0.21* 0.08 −0.11 −0.60* 0.20 −0.11 −0.54* 0.18 −0.10
 Female applicant β3 −0.08 0.08 −0.04 −0.08 0.08 −0.04 0.76 0.55 0.14
 Female Reviewer Minority × Female Applicant β4 0.22 0.17 0.11 0.16 0.20 0.08 0.27 0.28 0.05
 Female Reviewer Parity or Majority × Female Applicant β5 −0.04 0.15 −0.02 −0.04 0.15 −0.02 0.05 0.27 0.01
 Mean overall rating β6 0.41* 0.01 0.07 0.41* 0.01 0.08
 Female Reviewer Minority × Overall Rating β7 0.006 0.02 0.00
 Female Reviewer Parity or Majority × Overall Rating β8 0.07* 0.03 0.01 0.06* 0.03 0.01
 Applicant’s age β9 −0.007 0.00 −0.00
 Applicant’s Age × Female Applicant β10 −0.01 0.01 −0.00
Random effects
 Intercept u0j σ2u0 0.29† 0.04 0.08 0.28† 0.04 0.08 0.28† 0.04 0.08 1.48† 0.20 0.05 1.46† 0.20 0.05
  u1j σ2u1 0.02 0.07 0.01
  u2j σ2u2 0.00 – 0.00
  u3j σ2u3 0.00 – 0.00
  u4j σ2u4 0.39 0.48 0.10
  u5j σ2u5 0.00 – 0.00
  εji σ2ε 3.29 – 0.92 3.29 – 0.92 3.29 – 0.92 3.29 – 0.11 3.29 – 0.11
 −2LogL 11 240.6 11 225.6 11 224.3 5 044.7 5 062.2
 BIC 11 251.6 11 264.0 11 273.7 5 110.6 5 089.6