Spatial Analysis Tools - MLwiN

These materials have been prepared as part of the R25 Advanced Spatial Analysis Training Grant (PI: Stephen A. Matthews, Penn State) funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). Award Number: 5R25 HD057002-02.

The links included below are intended as useful starting points for interested users. We make no claims for comprehensive coverage.

If you have suggestions to include on this site please send them to Stephen Matthews.

Software

MLwiN can be found at the website of the Centre for Multilevel Modelling (CMM) at the University of Bristol, United Kingdom. http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/MLwiN/index.shtml
This is easily the best website for anything MLwiN-related and includes links to software, sample data sets, manuals, publications, newsletters, discussion groups, web resources and a glossary. Some key links are included below:

The CMM Newsletter (including archived material for 1989-2006) can be found at: http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/newsletters.shtml.
Web versions of the most recent MLwiN manuals are available at http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/MLwiN/download/manuals.shtml.
For information on the Multilevel Modelling discussion list see: http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/learning-training/multilevel-m-support/jisc.shtml.
A comprehensive listing of Web Resources for Multilevel Modeling Compiled by Kelvyn Jones (Bristol), Myles Gould (Leeds) and SV Subramanian (Harvard) is available at: http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/links/index.shtml.
A comprehensive set of reviews of other packages used in multilevel modeling (including but not limited to HLM, SAS, STATA, SPSS) can be found at http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/learning-training/multilevel-m-software/index.shtml.

Books

Kelvyn Jones at CMM maintains a Useful Book list – available at http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/learning-training/multilevel-m-support/books.shtml.
The books listed below are on Kelvyn’s list.
Goldstein, H. (2003). Multilevel Statistical Models. Third edition. London, Edward Arnold
The second edition published in 1995 is freely available for download at:
http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/team/HG_Personal/multbook1995.pdf.

Raudenbush, S. W., and A. S. Bryk. 2002. Hierarchical Linear Models: Applications and Data Analysis Methods. SAGE. (Bryk, A.S., & Raudenbush, S.W. (1992). Hierarchical Linear Models in Social and Behavioral Research: Applications and Data Analysis Methods (First Edition). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.)

Hox, J. J. 2002. Multilevel Analysis: Techniques and Applications. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Lawson, A. B., W. J. Browne, and C. L. V. Rodeiro. 2003. Disease Mapping with WinBUGS and MLwiN. John Wiley and Sons.
See also http://seis.bris.ac.uk/~frwjb/dm.html.

On-line Courses and Tutorials in MLwiN

The most comprehensive and integrated listing of MLwiN workshops and conferences may be found at the Centre for Multilevel Modelling at the University of Bristol. http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/MLwiN/tech-support/workshops/index.shtml.

NOTE: The Advanced Spatial Analysis Workshop on Multilevel Modeling was held in 2009 http://csiss.ncgia.ucsb.edu/GISPopSci/workshops/2009/PSU/.
At the time of writing, we are planning a similar workshop at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2011.