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by ChrisCharlton
Thu Feb 16, 2012 1:19 pm
Forum: runmlwin user forum
Topic: runmlwin and Linux?
Replies: 12
Views: 17051

Re: runmlwin and Linux?

Since your initial post we have done some testing and as a result have updated the FAQ on running MLwiN on non-Windows systems ( http://www.bristol.ac.uk/cmm/software/mlwin/features/sysreq.html#unix ). Once we have a package that is confirmed to work we also intend to provide an FAQ on using runmlwi...
by ChrisCharlton
Tue Feb 07, 2012 1:20 pm
Forum: runmlwin user forum
Topic: switching stata output off; saving regression results
Replies: 3
Views: 7223

Re: switching stata output off; saving regression results

You can prevent Stata giving a 'more' prompt with the command: set more off For more information see http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?more . You can turn off the output from runmlwin by either prefixing it with quietly (see http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?quietly ), or you can turn off individual parts w...
by ChrisCharlton
Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:27 am
Forum: runmlwin user forum
Topic: runmlwin and Linux?
Replies: 12
Views: 17051

Re: runmlwin and Linux?

We have not had any reports of MLwiN working under Wine before, which is why we haven't created versions of the plugin for Linux or Mac. I would be very interested in hearing how well it runs in this environment. If runmlwin is unable to find a particular plugin it should be able to fall back to eit...
by ChrisCharlton
Wed Feb 01, 2012 12:45 pm
Forum: runmlwin user forum
Topic: Order of variables?
Replies: 3
Views: 5286

Re: Order of variables?

One possible reason for this behaviour is that the two models are converging from different directions and are considered to have converged before reaching exactly the same point. The default tolerance in MLwiN (and runmlwin) is 10e-2, which corresponds to a 1% change in the value of the estimate fr...
by ChrisCharlton
Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:52 am
Forum: runmlwin user forum
Topic: MCMC with negative binomial distribution
Replies: 2
Views: 4481

Re: MCMC with negative binomial distribution

The negative binomial distribution is currently not implemented in MLwiN when using MCMC estimation. We will try to provide a better error message to indicate this in a later release of runmlwin.
by ChrisCharlton
Mon Jan 09, 2012 12:03 pm
Forum: MLwiN user forum
Topic: Problem with workaround cross-classified models bug in 2.24
Replies: 3
Views: 8232

Re: Problem with workaround cross-classified models bug in 2

Looking at your data it appears that none of your identifier variables contain a value of zero, so that bug isn't the cause of the difference that you are seeing. A more likely cause of this issue is the change in starting values for the residuals in cross-classified models that was made in version ...
by ChrisCharlton
Fri Jan 06, 2012 10:29 am
Forum: MLwiN user forum
Topic: Problem with workaround cross-classified models bug in 2.24
Replies: 3
Views: 8232

Re: Problem with workaround cross-classified models bug in 2

If you are experiencing this bug then adding one to the relevant classification columns should have fixed it. One other possibility is that because cross-classified models can't get starting residuals from a previously specified model that it is taking longer for the estimates to get into the right ...
by ChrisCharlton
Wed Jan 04, 2012 10:26 am
Forum: MLwiN user forum
Topic: Obtaining and graphing predicted probabilities in Mlwin
Replies: 2
Views: 6989

Re: Obtaining and graphing predicted probabilities in Mlwin

There are some examples in section 4.2 of the User Guide (http://www.bristol.ac.uk/cmm/software/m ... man-09.pdf) and section 2 of the Manual Supplement (http://www.bristol.ac.uk/cmm/software/m ... 0-supp.pdf) that you might find useful.
by ChrisCharlton
Wed Jan 04, 2012 10:09 am
Forum: MLwiN user forum
Topic: Wrong parameters(SETX)
Replies: 2
Views: 7311

Re: Wrong parameters(SETX)

As you have 158 origins I think that the command should be: SETX 'CONSTANT' 3 'ORIGIN' C101-C 2 58 C50 If this still doesn't work could you confirm that the example on page 276 of the MLwiN user guide works for you. If it does then could you email me an example worksheet that demonstrates the proble...
by ChrisCharlton
Tue Nov 22, 2011 5:24 pm
Forum: runmlwin user forum
Topic: Log likelihood and deviance not displayed
Replies: 5
Views: 7694

Re: Log likelihood and deviance not displayed

We have added a warning message for when the likelihood is missing. This will appear in the next release of runmlwin. If you could still send us an example of this we will be able to test that this works.