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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am Sociol Rev. 2014 Nov 5;79(6):1088–1121. doi: 10.1177/0003122414554001

Table 3.

Model Fitness and Moderator Fixed Effects

School Networks Bivariate Models Full Model

Model Fitness Deviance Δ Dev Deviance Δ Dev
Unconditional Model −1302.4 1465.8 163.4 ***
  School Size −1412.4 110.0 ***
  Tracking −1300.7 −1.7 ns
  Number of Clubs Offered −1316.6 14.2 ns
  High School −1371.6 69.2 ***
  Race Heterogeneity −1343.1 40.7 ***
  Gender Heterogeneity −1345.3 42.9 ***
  Age Heterogeneity −1347.0 44.6 ***
  Average GPA −1322.2 19.8 *
  Attachment to School −1237.6 −64.8 ns

Bivariate Models
Full Model
Type-3 Test of Fixed Effects F-value F-value

  School Size 68.81 *** 59.41 ***
  Tracking 5.60 *** 2.31 *
  Number of Clubs Offered 13.63 *** 9.68 ***
  High School 20.60 *** 12.90 ***
  Race Het 11.66 *** 10.14 ***
  Gender Het 5.10 *** 5.00 ***
  Age Het 8.68 *** 8.71 ***
  Average GPA 8.64 *** 6.28 ***
  School Attachment 5.82 *** 1.25 ns

Classroom Networks Bivariate Models Bivar. + Size

Model Fitness Deviance Δ Dev Deviance Δ Dev

Unconditional Model −81.2
  Size −41.3 −39.9 ns
  Task Control −65.6 −15.6 ns −25.4 −55.8 ns
  Elective Seating −65.9 −15.3 ns −23.3 −57.9 ns
  Race Het −87.4 6.2 ns −48.4 −32.8 ns
  Gender Het −99.8 18.6 * −58.3 −22.9 ns
  Age Het −77.3 −3.9 ns −32.7 −48.5 ns
  Honors Class −59.0 −22.2 ns −20.1 −61.1 ns
  Liking of Class −70.0 −11.2 ns −27.0 −54.2 ns

Bivariate Models Bivar. + Size
Type-3 Test of Fixed Effects F-value F-value

  Size 4.33 ***
  Task Control 1.82 ~ 1.97 *
  Elective Seating 2.87 ** 2.82 **
  Race Het 4.40 *** 5.09 ***
  Gender Het 1.08 ns .93 ns
  Age Het 1.74 ~ 1.62 ns
  Honors Class 1.50 ns 1.93 *
  Liking of Class 2.86 ** 2.42 *

Note: N coefficients for schools = 1,230, N coefficients for classrooms = 272. Δ Dev denotes change in deviance statistic.

*

p < .05

**

p < .01

***

p < .001

~

for small samples p < .10.