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Hello, This is just a short message to introduce myself to the group and give you some brief details of my background. I have a phd in social statistics from the University of Southampton and now work at CCSR in Manchester on applications and development of methods for the analysis of social statistics. My special area of expertise is multilevel modelling; my Phd topic was to devise a way of carrying out multilevel modelling of census data for local populations despite the fact that the available census data for these populations are not of 'standard' form for multilevel modelling. I acheived it by combining the available aggregate and individal microdata for the population of interest. i have published several articles relating to this and can give more details if anyone is interested. I have a general interest in multilevel modelling and new applications of multilevel models and have published a considerable number of co-authored papers that use these methods. I also teach multilevel modelling at postgradute level as well as to non-academics both nationally and internationally. Having read Snijders T. and Bosker R. (1999) 'An introduction to Basic and Advanced Multilevel Modelling' (Sage Publications) and several related journal papers by Snijders and colleagues, I now understand how social network analysis can be done within the multilevel modelling framework and i am keen to develop substantive applications of this method and I am keen to pursue research in this area. I intend to come to the meeting on 17th march in Manchester organised by Nick Crossley and I look forward to meeting other members of this group then. best regards, Mark. Dr Mark Tranmer Centre for Census and Survey Research School of Social Science University of Manchester M13 9PL [log in to unmask]