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					<title>New course module now on-line - Module 8</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/learning-training/course-topics.shtml#m08</link>
			<description>Multilevel Modelling in Practice: Research Questions, Data Preparation and Analysis Lesson In this module we consider the whole process of conducting a research project using multilevel modelling, taking as an example a study of ethnic differences in educational achievement and progress. You will need to log on or register onto our course to view the full module.</description>
			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2011 15:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>Realcom Impute updated</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/research/Realcom/imputation.shtml</link>
			<description>A bug has been fixed in realcom-impute and realcom mixed response, that could have given incorrect values for some level 2 random effects associated with level 1 responses when level 1 categorical responses were present.</description>
			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2011 15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>MLwiN 2.22 released</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/MLwiN/download/upgrades.shtml</link>
			<description>We would like to announce our latest MLwiN release - 2.22. Some minor bugs have been fixed, e.g: Fix crash if the response is typed in rather than selected; Allow MLwiN to still start up with a default worksheet size if there isn't enough memory to provide the requested size  For further information about the bugs that have been fixed go to - http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/MLwiN/bugs/fixes.shtml</description>
			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2010 13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>MLwiN 2.21 released</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/MLwiN/download/upgrades.shtml</link>
			<description>We would like to announce our latest MLwiN release - 2.21. Some minor bugs have been fixed, e.g: Fixed offset display; Fixed crash when saving worksheets containing an MCMC run that had been loaded from a previous version.  For further information about the bugs that have been fixed go to - http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/MLwiN/bugs/fixes.shtml</description>
			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 10:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Jon Rasbash speaking about MLwiN</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bris.ac.uk/team/jon.shtml#mlwinbirthday</link>
			<description>Video of Jon Rasbash speaking briefly about the history of MLwiN</description>
			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>Introduction to Multilevel Modelling in MLwiN workshop 5/6/7 Jan-2011 - bookings now open</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bris.ac.uk/MLwiN/tech-support/workshops/index.shtml</link>
			<description>Introduction to Multilevel Modelling in MLwiN workshop 5/6/7 Jan-2011 - advise that you book early as this is a popular course.  There are 35 places available.</description>
			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>Professor Donald Rubin - giving methodological issues lecture</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bris.ac.uk/learning-training/multilevel-m-support/news.shtml</link>
			<description> Professor Donald Rubin - giving a special lecture on methodological issues in the evaluation of a job-training programme. The lecture will take place 5.30-6.30pm, Tuesday, 12th October 2010, at the British Academy, London, and will be followed by a reception</description>
			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>Professor Donald Rubin - giving two talks on causal inference at University of Bristol </title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/research/rss-users-group.shtml</link>
			<description>We are pleased to announce that Professor Donald Rubin of Harvard University is visiting the University of Bristol on Monday 11 October. He will be giving two talks on the subject of causal inference.</description>
			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>Two research posts at the Centre for Multilevel Modelling, University of Bristol</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/jobs.shtml</link>
			<description>The Centre for Multilevel Modelling is seeking to appoint two social
statisticians or social scientists with advanced quantitative skills for two
ESRC-funded research projects: 1. Research Assistant in Social Statistics, 1 year from 1 October 2010, and
2. Research Assistant/Associate in Social Statistics, 34 months from 1 October 2010.</description>
			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>MLwiN 2.20 released</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/MLwiN/download/upgrades.shtml</link>
			<description>We would like to announce our latest MLwiN release - 2.20. Some minor new features/bug fixes have been introduced, eg, Fixed bug in MOVE command with non-default column names, also MCMC seed menu option now applies to macros too. For further details of the features and bug fixes go to bug fixes - http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/MLwiN/bugs/fixes.shtml</description>
			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2010 12:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>MLwiN 2.19 released</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/MLwiN/download/upgrades.shtml</link>
			<description>We would like to announce our latest MLwiN release - 2.19. Some minor new features/bug fixes have been introduced, eg, a problem with loading text columns from Stata data files has been fixed. For details of the features and bug fixes go to bug fixes - http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/MLwiN/bugs/fixes.shtml</description>
			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 12:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>Workshop: Measuring school effectiveness, 5-8 July 2010, St. Catherine's College, Oxford</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/MLwiN/tech-support/workshops/index.shtml</link>
			<description>In the UK, School League Tables are used extensively by policymakers and parents as one of the key measures of school effectiveness. However it has been widely recognised that there are problems with some of these measures. The first day of this two day event includes talks from a range of leading international experts and will cover a range of methodological issues around the measurement of value added, school performance and use of school league tables.</description>
			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>CMM workshop available: Longitudinal Data Analysis: Multilevel modelling and Structural Equation Modelling Approaches</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/MLwiN/tech-support/workshops/index.shtml</link>
			<description>This course provides an introduction to methods for analysing longitudinal continuous and binary response data, with a focus on methods for analysing individual trajectories over time. Multilevel modelling and structural equation modelling (SEM) approaches will be described and compared.</description>
			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>Free on-line multilevel modelling course: New Stata practicals</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bris.ac.uk/learning-training/course.shtml</link>
			<description>The Centre for Multilevel Modelling have added Stata practicals to their free on-line multilevel modelling course. These give detailed instructions of how to carry out a range of analyses in Stata, starting from multiple regression and progressing through to multilevel modelling of continuous and binary data.</description>
			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>MLwiN 2.18 released</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/MLwiN/download/upgrades.shtml</link>
			<description>We would like to announce our latest MLwiN release - 2.18. Some minor new features/bug fixes have been introduced, e.g. Allowed copy/paste of categories between columns, and Fixed potential problem when adding/removing categories from a column. For details of the features and bug fixes go to bug fixes - http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/MLwiN/bugs/fixes.shtml</description>
			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>Jon will be sadly missed</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/learning-training/multilevel-m-support/news.shtml</link>
			<description>It is with regret that we have to announce that the CMM director, Jon Rasbash passed away earlier this week. We would like to offer our condolences to his family and to his many friends and colleagues. Jon will be sadly missed.  </description>
			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2010 11:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>New versions of Realcom and Realcom-Impute</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/research/Realcom/index.shtml</link>
			<description>New versions of Realcom, Realcom-Impute and Matlab Installer for Realcom are now available. Note: If you downloaded the Matlab Installer before 02-Mar-10 you will need to update your installation. </description>
			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>The, 04 Feb 2010 15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>MLwiN Forum</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/forum</link>
			<description>We are pleased that our MLwiN Forum is becoming increasingly valuable and some
excellent answers to questions about MLwiN and multilevel modelling are appearing on there.  Even if you think your question may not be a good one, do log on and post it anyway, we cannot guarantee anything but it may be worth a try.</description>
			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>MLwiN 2.16 released </title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/learning-training/multilevel-m-support/news.shtml#latest</link>
			<description>Some bugs have been fixed, e.g. preserving whether a term is in the fixed part when loading old worksheets. 
Our MLwiN 30-day trial version has also now been updated to MLwiN 2.16.</description>
			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>Realcom update, Longitudinal and Life Society, PhD studentship</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/learning-training/multilevel-m-support/news.shtml#latest</link>
			<description>Hello, we have three items of news this month. 
1) Realcom and Realcom-Impute software updated
2) New society: 'Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies'
3) Invitation to apply to the post of ESRC +3 PhD Studentship in Social Statistics  (closing date 11-Dec-09)</description>
			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>MLwiN Forum</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/MLwiN/forum-terms.shtml</link>
			<description>We are delighted to announce the long-awaited arrival of the Centre for
Multilevel Modelling's own MLwiN Forum. We would like to invite you to
participate in this forum, asking or answering questions about the software.
There are only a few questions there so far which we have put up as tasters, so
please go ahead and use it as the more activity there is the greater the
knowledge base for everyone.</description>
			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>MLwiN 2.15 released</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/MLwiN/index.shtml</link>
			<description>Some bugs have been fixed in MLwiN 2.15, e.g., we have fixed a potential error when reading worksheets containing column descriptions.</description>
			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2009 12:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>MLwiN 2.14 released</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/research/Realcom/imputation.shtml</link>
			<description>MLwiN has been updated to work with the new weighting feature of the latest REALCOM-IMPUTE.</description>
			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>New version of REALCOM-IMPUTE now available</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/research/Realcom/imputation.shtml</link>
			<description>A new version of REALCOM-IMPUTE is now available. In addition to providing a very general multilevel multiple imputation procedure for mixtures of normal and categorical variables it now allows the use of weights, such as those used in sample surveys, within the imputation. An updated manual is also available.</description>
			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>MLwiN 2.13 now released - including new MCMC features</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/MLwiN/index.shtml</link>
			<description>MLwiN 2.13 now available: You can now upgrade to the latest MLwiN release for free if you already own a previous version. New MCMC methodology features: parameter expansion, hierarchical centring, orthogonal parameterisations, structured MCMC, structured MVN.</description>
			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>MLwiN 2.12 released</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/learning-training/multilevel-m-support/news.shtml</link>
			<description>MLwiN 2.12 now available: You can now upgrade to the latest MLwiN release for free if you already own a previous version.</description>
			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>Module 7 now on-line</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/learning-training/course.shtml#mod7</link>
			<description>We are pleased to announce the addition of a new module to our online training course: Module 7 on Multilevel Models for Binary Responses. This module has two integrated components: a description of concepts and models (‘concepts’) and detailed instructions of how to carry out analyses in MLwiN and interpret the results (‘practical’). Further details on the estimation of multilevel models for binary responses are given in a technical appendix. There are also interactive quizzes to test your understanding.</description>
			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>Meta-analysis Course Materials</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/learning-training/topics.shtml</link>
			<description>Throughout 2008, Prof. Herb Marsh, Ms. Alison O’Mara, and Dr. Lars-Erik Malmberg conducted meta-analysis workshops and seminars, funded through the ESRC Researcher Development Initiative. These materials are freely available for you to download. Please acknowledge the relevant authors if you use them.</description>
			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>MLwiN 2.11 released</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/learning-training/multilevel-m-support/news.shtml</link>
			<description>MLwiN 2.11 now available: You can now upgrade to the latest MLwiN release for free if you already own a previous version.</description>
			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>Research Workshop in Multilevel Modelling</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/MLwiN/tech-support/workshops/index.shtml</link>
			<description>Note - closing date for applications is 15th April 2009 for our September Research Workshop in Multilevel Modelling</description>
			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>MLPowSim</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/learning-training/multilevel-models/samples.shtml#mlpowsim</link>
			<description>We are pleased to make available a new free piece of software MLPowSim that is designed for performing sample size/power calculations in multilevel models via simulation.
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			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>MLwiN 2.10 now released</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/MLwiN/index.shtml</link>
			<description>The Centre for for Multilevel Modelling are pleased to announce the release of our software, MlwiN 2.10.  This is the full non-beta version.  You can now upgrade to MLwiN 2.10 for free if you have an existing licence or are eligible for a free download. See our web site for further details.
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			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>MLwiN new PhD 3-year licence is only £50 for overseas PhD students</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/MLwiN/ordering/index.shtml</link>
			<description>PhD students from anywhere in the world can now buy an MLwiN 3-year licence for the reduced price of £50.  Please check PhD student terms and conditions before ordering this product. This offer is mainly for non-UK PhD students as UK academics can currently apply for the software for free. 
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			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>MLwiN Beta 2.10 (10) now available</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/MLwiN/download/upgrades.shtml</link>
			<description>Last beta release before non-beta version which is coming very soon - You can now upgrade to MLwiN Beta 2.10 (10) for free if you have an existing licence or are eligible for a free download.  If you have already downloaded your MLwiN software (free-qualifiers or purchasers) you can also upgrade for free. Don't forget you can upgrade to the non-beta version when it is released (very soon) but please note that you must have MLwiN 2.02 installed on your machine for upgrades to work automatically.
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			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>New 2009 workshops now open for bookings</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/MLwiN/tech-support/workshops/index.shtml</link>
			<description>Introduction to Multilevel Modelling, 25-27 March 2009, and Research Workshop in Multilevel Modelling, 7-9 Sep 2009 - see our workshop page for more details.
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			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>MLwiN Beta 2.10 (8) now available</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/MLwiN/download/upgrades.shtml</link>
			<description>New October release - You can now upgrade to MLwiN Beta 2.10 (8) for free if you have an existing licence or are eligible for a free download.  If you have already downloaded your MLwiN software (free-qualifiers or purchasers) you can also upgrade for free.  You can also purchase the new version if you do not qualify for the download.
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			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>MLwiN Beta 2.10 (7) now available</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/MLwiN/download/upgrades.shtml</link>
			<description>You can now upgrade to MLwiN Beta 2.10 (7) for free if you have an existing licence or are eligible for a free download.  If you have already downloaded your MLwiN software (free-qualifiers or purchasers) you can also upgrade for free here.   You can also purchase the new version if you do not qualify for the download.
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			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Thu,11 Sep 2008 15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>Applications invited for ESRC PhD studentship to start Oct 2008</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/jobs.shtml</link>
			<description>Psychological processes in reasoning about statistics in the social sciences: What do students find hard about learning statistics? We are inviting applications for a PhD studentship on this topic, which is open to EU nationals only, due to the nature of the funding. For UK nationals, the studentship will attract an annual stipend of £12,600 in addition to tuition fees. This PhD will form part of an ESRC-funded project, LEMMA (Learning Environment for
Multilevel Methodology and Applications).
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			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 July 2008 16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>Multilevel Modelling of Discrete Response Data workshop, Jan 2009, now open for bookings</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/MLwiN/tech-support/workshops/index.shtml#discrete</link>
			<description>This intermediate level workshop provides an introduction to multilevel modelling of discrete (categorical and count) data. We assume that participants are familiar with multilevel models for continuous response variables (to the level implied by our Introduction to Multilevel Modelling workshop or Module 5 of our online multilevel modelling course) and standard (single-level) models for binary responses.
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			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 June 2008 11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>School league tables: what can they really tell us?</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bris.ac.uk/learning-training/audio.shtml#league</link>
			<description>New research findings by Professor Harvey Goldstein and George Leckie, based in the Centre for Multilevel Modelling, were broadcast on this Monday's edition of BBC Radio 4's Learning Curve. Harvey Goldstein spoke to presenter Libby Purves about how recent research, taking the GCSE marks of students in England and comparing the 'value added' scores with simple GCSE averages, has concluded league tables were not fit for that purpose. Harvey highlighted it was time that their publication should cease.
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			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 June 2008 09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>New slide/voice-over presentation: Covariance and Correlation Matrices</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/learning-training/videos/index.shtml</link>
			<description>Another in the series of slide presentations on our web site which have been synchronised with voice-overs and subtitles: Covariance and Correlation Matrices.  Go to our video presentations page for more details about these and other audio-visual presentations from the Centre for Multilevel Modelling. 
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			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 June 2008 15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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											<title>Two new slide presentations with voice-overs and subtitles</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/learning-training/videos/index.shtml</link>
			<description>There are two new slide presentations on our web site which have been synchronised with voice-overs and subtitles: 1) Residuals - an Introduction, and 2) Measuring Dependency.  Go to our video presentations page for more details about these and other audio-visual presentations from the Centre for Multilevel Modelling. 
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			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>Multilevel Modelling September workshop open for bookings</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bris.ac.uk/MLwiN/tech-support/workshops/index.shtml</link>
			<description>This workshop provides an introduction to multilevel modelling. We assume that participants are familiar with single level regression models, but have no prior knowledge of multilevel modelling. Topics: Why do we need multilevel models? Variance components models, multilevel residuals, variance partitioning coefficients, random intercept models, random slope models, contextual effects, variance functions, three level models.
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			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 April 2008 10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>MlwiN 2.10 Beta now available</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/MLwiN/features/mlwin-2-1.shtml</link>
			<description>We are very pleased to announce that MLwiN 2.1 Beta is now available!
This latest version of MLwiN will import and export Stata, SPSS, and Minitab datafiles.  It also has an improved model specification interface, a new bespoke predictions window, and surface plotting routines. 
If you already own a licence for MLwiN 2.02 or have downloaded a copy as a UK-academic, you can now upgrade to the new Beta version for free.
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			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 11 April 2008 14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>Multilevel Modelling on-line course available now on our web site</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/learning-training/course.shtml</link>
			<description>On-line multilevel modelling course, otherwise known as LEMMA (The Learning Environment for Multilevel Modelling and Applications) contains modules starting from introduction to quantitative research progressing to multilevel modelling of continuous data.  Whether you are new to statistical modelling or an advanced user, we hope that you will find our materials useful. We assume that users have attended at least an introductory statistics course in the past, but Modules 1 and 2 are provided as refreshers. More experienced quantitative researchers may wish to skip to Modules 3 or 4 ... see our web site for further details.
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			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 April 2008 14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>'Fairer' school league tables misleading</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/learning-training/multilevel-m-support/news.shtml</link>
			<description>'Fairer' school league tables misleading - study: Harvey Goldstein, professor of social statistics at Bristol, said: "Most schools   are indistinguishable from the average CVA when the relatively small sample in   each school is taken into account. I am not aware of any serious attempt to deal with these issues".
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			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 January 2007 09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>Multilevel Modelling workshops now fully-subscribed</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/MLwiN/tech-support/workshops/index.shtml</link>
			<description>Multilevel Modelling workshops 'Getting started with your own data' (March 2008) and Introduction workshop in January - both workshops now fully-subscribed.  We will finalize dates for our September workshop as soon as possible.
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			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 November 2007 16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>Fitting a two-level model</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/research/Lemma/index.shtml#twolevel</link>
			<description>a simple 2 level model using educational data to examine school effectiveness
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			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 October 2007 16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>What are the barriers to using more complex quantitative methods?</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/research/Lemma/index.shtml#barriers</link>
			<description>Many researchers in the UK have complex questions and limited statistical modelling expertise. This means they either use simple but inappropriate techniques that they can understand or they use complex appropriate techniques that they do not understand. The use of simple techniques leads to the criticism that these approaches are too reductionist to ever capture social reality in any meaningful way...
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			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 October 2007 16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>The Multilevel Latent Covariate Model: A New, More Reliable Approach to Group-Level Effects in Contextual Studies</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/research/Lemma/index.shtml#contextual</link>
			<description>Multillevel contextual studies look at the effects of group-level (L2; eg, schools, classes, families, neighborhoods, etc) characteristics on individual-level (L1) measures
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			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 October 2007 16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>Modelling the effect of Pupil Mobility on School differences in educational achievement</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/research/Lemma/index.shtml#modelimpact</link>
			<description>Value added analyses of school performance typically assign students to the school where they take the outcome test or examination. A particular problem with this is that this ignores the fact that many pupils move school between the time that they take the prior test or examination and the time that they take the outcome test. For example, for GCSE outcome in England where an 11-year old test score is used to adjust for prior achievement, up to 40% may have changed school in some areas. Ignoring this will tend to reduce the amount of variation estimated at the school level and distort inferences in terms of school effectiveness. The paper demonstrates this effect, using multiple membership models with data from English Local Authorities provided by the National Pupil database. It also shows that rank orderings of schools are almost unaffected when the proper analysis is carried out.
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			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 October 2007 16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>Multilevel Modelling: Getting Started workshop 2008 - some places still left</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/MLwiN/tech-support/workshops/index.shtml</link>
			<description>Introduction to Multilevel Models: Getting Started with your own Data, University of Bristol, 31 Mar-4 Apr 08: This workshop is designed as an introduction to multilevel models combining theory and hands on practical sessions with provided data sets. In addition 7 hours of sessions are allocated for participants to put into practice the concepts and techniques they are learning on their own data set.
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			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 October 2007 16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>Significance Testing presentation now available</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/learning-training/videos/index.shtml#sig</link>
			<description>Powerpoint presentation with audio commentary and MLwiN demo by Kelvyn Jones:
Tests for coefficients of individual variables: eyeballing standard errors, Wald tests, and calculating p-values using the 
tail areas screen in MLwiN. Tests for comparing models: the Likelihood Ratio Test and the Deviance Information Criterion.
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			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 October 2007 16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>Multilevel Modelling workshops 2008 now open for bookings</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/MLwiN/tech-support/workshops/index.shtml</link>
			<description>1) Introduction to Multilevel Modelling, University of Bristol, 15-17 Jan 08: This course is designed to give participants a solid grounding in multilevel modelling. The workshop will be based around theoretical sessions followed by hands on practical sessions illustrating the theoretical concepts. 
			2) Introduction to Multilevel Models: Getting Started with your own Data, University of Bristol, 31 Mar-4 Apr 08: This workshop is designed as an introduction to multilevel models combining theory and hands on practical sessions with provided data sets. In addition 7 hours of sessions are allocated for participants to put into practice the concepts and techniques they are learning on their own data set.
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			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Mon, 17 September 2007 16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>RSS workshop cancelled:  Statistical Analysis with Latent Variables using Mplus</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/MLwiN/tech-support/workshops/index.shtml</link>
			<description>workshop cancelled
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			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 October 2007 2007 11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>September Multilevel Modelling workshop timetable now available on-line</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/MLwiN/tech-support/workshops/materials/mm-sep-07.pdf</link>
			<description>This workshop is fully subscribed, timetable information for attendees only.  However this workshop will be repeated in January 2008, bookings opening soon.
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			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Wed, 29 August 2007 11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>MLwiN 30-day trial version now available to download for free from our web site</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bris.ac.uk/MLwiN/download/index.shtml</link>
			<description>For the first time we can now offer a free 30-day MLwiN 2.02 download.  The software is the full version, identical to the MLwiN 2.02 product except that it will expire 30 days from when you download it. 
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			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 July 2007 12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>Announcement of RSS day conference, London</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/MLwiN/tech-support/workshops/index.shtml</link>
			<description>Joint Meeting of the RSS Social Statistics and General Applications Sections, Recent Advances in Multilevel Modelling Methodology and Applications: 5 December 2007, 9am-5pm</description>
			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 July 2007 12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>RSS Multilevel Modelling workshop slides now on web site</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bris.ac.uk/MLwiN/tech-support/workshops/materials/RSS%20June%2007.ppt</link>
			<description>RSS Multilevel Modelling workshop slides now available to download from web site</description>
			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Fri, 29 June 2007 12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>REALCOM software de-bugged</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/research/Realcom/workshops.shtml</link>
			<description>Following Harvey Goldstein's three successful workshops presenting the new Realcom software, (REALCOM = Developing multilevel models for REAListically COMplex social science data), as is often the case with new software there have been some initial bugs.  However Harvey has now developed a bug-free version and has updated the manual accordingly. You are welcome to test this out and do of course let us know if you find any further bugs.
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			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 July 2007 12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>MLwiN version 2.1 in preparation</title>
			<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/MLwiN/features/mlwin-2-1.shtml</link>
			<description>This year we aim to release a new version of our software. MLwiN Version 2.1 is well underway, and we are aiming for a summer 2007 release. Software development can be unpredictable, so please bear with us if we take longer. Please check our web site for a description of some of the new software features we hope to give you.
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			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 June 2006 12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>RSS Multilevel Modelling two-day course</title>
			<link>http://www.rss.org.uk/main.asp?page=2829</link>
			<description>The Royal Statistical Society are running a Multilevel Modelling two-day course presented by Harvey Goldstein and Fiona Steele.  This RSS PDC 2-Day course is designed to give participants a solid grounding in the theory and application of multilevel models. The course will be based around theoretical sessions followed by hands on practical sessions illustrating the theoretical concepts. The hands on session will use the MLwiN software package.
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			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 June 2006 12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>Download the latest version of MlwiN for free!</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/MLwiN/ordering/ac-uk.shtml</link>
			<description>If you are a UK-academic (staff or student) and your email address ends with ...ac.uk, you can download the latest version of MLwiN for free.  Please check out our web site for further details.</description>
			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 November 2006 12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<title>Meeting of the RSS Social Statistics Section and the NCRM: Statistics Training for Social Scientists</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/MLwiN/tech-support/workshops/details.shtml</link>
			<description>Presentations from the workshop now available to download: Statistics Training and ESRC, Chris Skinner; 
Can't Count, Won't Count? Some Results from a national Survey of Student Attitudes to quantitative Methods,  Malcolm Williams; The Development of Web-based Training Resources, Damon Berridge; A Virtual Learning Environment for Multilevel Modelling, Fiona Steele and Sacha Brostoff</description>
			<author>Hilary Browne</author>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk/index.shtml</link>
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					<title>Lemma web site moved</title>
						<link>http://www.cmm.bristol.ac.uk</link>
						<description>At the end of September 2006 Lemma moved to its new web address within the Centre for Multilevel Modelling's new site.  Please check out our web site for help with multilevel modelling, workshop news, MLwiN software including uk academic free downloads, our other research projects and lots more information about the centre and multilevel modelling.</description>
							<author>Hilary Browne</author>
							<pubDate>Thu, 07 November 2006 14:30 +0000</pubDate>
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