Merlin Schaeffer

Why You Should <i>Always</i> Include a Random Slope for the Lower-Level Variable Involved in a Cross-Level Interaction

Jan Paul Heisig, Merlin Schaeffer · European Sociological Review · 2018 · 478 citations · Full text

Engineering, Social Stratification, Social Sciences +16

Ethnic Diversity and Social Trust: A Narrative and Meta-Analytical Review

Peter Thisted Dinesen, Merlin Schaeffer, Kim Mannemar Sønderskov · Annual Review of Political Science · 2020 · 249 citations · Full text

Ethnicity, Education, Ethnic Group Relation +17

Observing many researchers using the same data and hypothesis reveals a hidden universe of uncertainty

Nate Breznau, Eike Mark Rinke, Alexander Wuttke et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2022 · 197 citations · Full text

Engineering, Scientific Findings, Social Influence +23

Contested Boundaries: Explaining Where Ethnoracial Diversity Provokes Neighborhood Conflict

Joscha Legewie, Merlin Schaeffer · American Journal of Sociology · 2016 · 165 citations

Multilevel Analysis with Few Clusters: Improving Likelihood-Based Methods to Provide Unbiased Estimates and Accurate Inference

Martin Elff, Jan Paul Heisig, Merlin Schaeffer et al. · British Journal of Political Science · 2020 · 146 citations · Full text

Monte Carlo Error, Engineering, Statistical Foundation +20