R2MLwiN (version 0.8-1)

bes83: Subsample from British Election Study, '83.

Description

Subsample from British Election Study, consisting of 800 voters across 110 areas.

source

Browne, W. J. (2012) MCMC Estimation in MLwiN Version 2.26. University of Bristol: Centre for Multilevel Modelling. Heath, A., Yang, M., Goldstein, H. (1996). Multilevel analysis of the changing relationship between class and party in Britain 1964-1992. Quality and Quantity, 30:389-404. Rasbash, J., Charlton, C., Browne, W.J., Healy, M. and Cameron, B. (2009) MLwiN Version 2.1. Centre for Multilevel Modelling, University of Bristol. Rasbash, J., Steele, F., Browne, W.J. and Goldstein, H. (2012) A User's Guide to MLwiN Version 2.26. Centre for Multilevel Modelling, University of Bristol.

Details

The bes83 dataset is one of the sample datasets provided with the multilevel-modelling software package MLwiN (Rasbash et al., 2009). See Heath et al (1996), and also Rasbash et al (2012) and Browne (2012).

Examples

data(bes83, package = "R2MLwiN")

(mymodel <- runMLwiN(logit(votecons, cons) ~ 1 + defence + unemp + taxes + privat + (1 | area),
  D = "Binomial", estoptions = list(EstM = 1), data = bes83))