Royal Statistical Society
Joint meeting of the Social Statistics and General Applications Sections
Half day meeting on advances in multilevel modeling
Tuesday 19 October 2.00pm - 5.30 pm
There is no charge for this meeting, however participants should register by 12 October by contacting the Society on [log in to unmask] or
tel. (020) 7638 8998.
Fuller details and abstracts are available from www.rss.org.uk/events/index.html
Recent advances in multilevel modelling, and their applications
2.00 SESSION 1: Chair , Antony Fielding (University of Birmingham)
Correlated cross-classified multilevel models: lifecourse epidemiology in the Oslo mortality study A H Leyland (University of Glasgow) & Ų. Nęss (University of Oslo, Norway)
Modelling correlated event histories: partnerships and childbearing among British women in the 1958 birth cohort F.Steele C. Kallis, H. Goldstein & H. Joshi (Institute of Education, University of London)
Multilevel smoothing spline models
H. Goldstein (Institute of Education, University of London)
3.00 Discussion
3.30 Tea
4.00 SESSION 2: Chair , Bill Browne (University of Nottingham)
Joint analysis of ranked preferences and electoral voting to identify
patterns of tactical voting. A Pickles, N.Shryane, & E. Fieldhouse (University of Manchester)
An application of multilevel methods in examining the effects of class size upon pupil attainment in English primary schools. P. Bassett (Institute of Education, University of London)
Multilevel social network models and their application to family
Relationship data. J. Rasbash (University of Bristol)
5.00-5.30 Discussion
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