Table 4 Multilevel regression coefficients from standardized predictors predicting intercept (initial status) and slope (growth) of student competence development in Accounting at different hierarchical levels
From: Determinants of competence development in accounting in upper secondary education
| Â | sex | escs | COG COMP | asc | Learning strategies | Motivational aspects | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
maths | grades | crt | eci | sas | time | socs | intri | ident | intro | extr | ssat | wfeff | ||||
Level 1 | ||||||||||||||||
|  | na | na | na | −0.01 | 0.00 | −0.04** | −0.03 | −0.01 | −0.02 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | −0.04 |
Level 2 | ||||||||||||||||
 Intercept | −0.07 | 0.00 | 0.14** | −0.30** | 0.16** | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.18** | 0.17** | 0.07* | −0.04 | 0.08** | 0.10* |
 Slope | 0.02 | 0.00 | −0.01 | −0.05 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | −0.01 | −0.03 | 0.03 | 0.04 |
Level 3 | ||||||||||||||||
 Intercept | 0.18^ | 0.12^ | 0.14 | 0.12^ | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.15** | na |
 Slope | −0.08 | −0.09 | 0.25** | −0.08 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | 0.24** | na |
Pseudo-R2 | Â | Â | 30Â % | 16Â % | 7Â % | 2Â % | Â | Â | Â | Â | 7Â % | 8Â % | 7Â % | Â | 30Â % | 3Â % |
 AIC | 2495 | 2243 | 2375 | 2047 | 2276 | 2310 | 2308 | 2316 | 2313 | 2314 | 2192 | 2201 | 2232 | 2229 | 2196 | 2287 |
 BIC | 2550 | 2297 | 2429 | 2106 | 2325 | 2359 | 2357 | 2366 | 2362 | 2363 | 2241 | 2250 | 2281 | 2278 | 2254 | 2337 |