Table 2.
Bayesian Estimation Results of MIMIC Models
| Single-level MIMIC | Multilevel MIMIC | |||||
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| EAP (SD) | p | 99% CI | EAP (SD) | p | 99% CI | |
| Total (general) ability on | ||||||
| UGPA | 0.517 (.060) | .000 | 0.367, 0.670 | 0.593 (.054) | .000 | 0.450, 0.729 |
| LSAT | 0.042 (.012) | .000 | 0.020, 0.061 | 0.067 (.009) | .000 | 0.048, 0.080 |
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| ‘Pass or Fail’ on | ||||||
| Total (general) ability | 4.756 (1.126) | .000 | 3.333, 7.599 | 4.120 (.240) | .000 | 3.559, 4.749 |
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| ‘Pass or Fail’ on | ||||||
| UGPA | −0.494 (.257) | .014 | −1.204, 0.134 | −0.450 (.222) | .021 | −1.051, 0.110 |
| LSAT | −0.086 (.023) | .000 | −0.154, −0.042 | −0.061 (.017) | .000 | −0.108, −0.108 |
Note. EAP represents expected a posteriori, which is a point estimate. SD represents standard deviation. p represents one-tailed p-value. 99% CI represents 99% credibility interval.