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SUMMARY:Statistical Software at the Centre for Multilevel Modelling - Prof
 essor William J. Browne\, School of Clinical Veterinary Sciences\, Univers
 ity of Bristol
DTSTART:20110927T133000Z
DTEND:20110927T143000Z
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CONTACT:Li Su
DESCRIPTION:\nIn this talk\, a general history of developments in statisti
 cal software at the Centre for Multilevel Modelling\, first at the IOE in 
 London and then continued in Bristol will be given. We will discuss develo
 pments that lead to the MLwiN package and other projects like the MLPowSim
  and REALCOM packages. We will then describe our ambitious new ESRC funded
  E-STAT project which builds on initial concepts from Jon Rasbash and is a
  collaboration with academics from Southampton and several other UK univer
 sities. We will describe how the project aims to inter-operate with other 
 software packages and demonstrate the current incarnation of the STAT-JR s
 oftware.
LOCATION:Large Seminar Room\, 1st Floor\, Institute of Public Health\, Uni
 versity Forvie Site\, Robinson Way\, Cambridge
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