Random Slopes
Readings: Snijders and Bosker (2012, Ch. 5)., and Heisig and Schaeffer (2019)
The random intercept and slope model allows us to investigate cross-level interactions, that is it allows us to assess how contextual conditions shape the way micro-relationships play out.
References
Heisig, Jan Paul, and Merlin Schaeffer. 2019. “Why You Should Always Include a Random Slope for the Lower-Level Variable Involved in a Cross-Level Interaction.” European Sociological Review 35(2):258–79. doi: 10.1093/esr/jcy053.
Snijders, Tom A. B., and Roel J. Bosker. 2012. Multilevel Analysis: An Introduction to Basic and Advanced Multilevel Modeling. London: Sage.