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Table 6 Predictive validity: fully conditional FV served model with four CAFES scale scores

From: Cafeteria assessment for elementary schools (CAFES): development, reliability testing, and predictive validity analysis

FV SERVEDa

Final estimation of fixed effects

Level

Fixed Effect

n b

Coefficient

SE

t-ratio

d.f.

p-value c

For Intercept, β 0

γ00 Intercept

16

44.44

144.65

0.31

9

0.77

 

γ01% FRPM

 

263.21

64.86

4.06

9

0.003

 

γ02% Minority

 

53.98

68.57

0.79

9

0.451

 

γ03 Room scale

 

−97.03

147.71

−0.66

9

0.528

 

γ04 Table/display scale

 

296.75

179.16

1.66

9

0.132

 

γ05 Plate scale

 

122.94

47.55

2.59

9

0.029

 

γ06 Food scale

 

28.12

64.71

0.44

9

0.674

For Grade, β 1

γ10 Intercept

1069

7.82

16.43

0.48

1052

0.634

 

Final estimation of variance components

 

Random Effect

 

Variance component

SD

Χ 2

d.f.

p-value c

 

Level 2 μ0j

 

2880.83

53.67

237.81

9

< 0.001

 

Level 1 rij

 

8287.70

91.04

   
  1. a = with robust standard errors
  2. b = student level 1 and school level 2 sample sizes
  3. c = Bolded p-value indicates significance at the 0.05 alpha level