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| From | Maarten Buis <maartenlbuis@gmail.com> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: 3 or 4-level hierarchical models with noncontinuous dv |
| Date | Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:21:13 +0200 |
On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 3:52 AM, Jana von Stein wrote: > I am looking for a way to run a 3- or 4-level hierarchical model with a > noncontinuous dependent variable (specifically a 5-point ordinal scale). Is > there a way to use Stata's XTMIXED for this purpose, or any other Stata > command? That sounds like a job for -gllamm-. You can install it by typing in Stata -ssc install gllamm-. -gllamm- is like a Swiss army knive: you can do about anything with it, but there are two downsides. First, in order to allow you to do about anything with it the syntax needs to be rather complex. Fortunately, there is a complete manual and many examples available at <www.gllamm.org>. Still using -gllamm- is not going to be as easy as using an average Stata command. Second for it to be so general it cannot use specialized, and thus faster, algorithms, so it is slow. Hope this helps, Maarten -------------------------- Maarten L. Buis Institut fuer Soziologie Universitaet Tuebingen Wilhelmstrasse 36 72074 Tuebingen Germany http://www.maartenbuis.nl -------------------------- * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/