Centre for Multilevel Modelling

User interface

The user interface has been completely updated, making it more consistent and easy to use. This also means that a 64-bit version of the GUI is available, allowing larger dataset plus possible speed improvements.

Ease of use features

It is now possible to display multiple graph windows and MCMC diagnostics windows at the same time, making comparisons easier.

When pasting data with a preview it is now possible to review the whole data being pasted prior to committing.

The facility to define commonly used test structures has been added to the “intervals and tests” window. This basic setup facility allows straightforward testing of the fixed and random parts of the model; this is done without affecting the full flexibility of the procedure. The Intervals and Tests window has also been modified to make it clearer what needs to be input by the user and what is provided the program when results are calculated.

It is now possible to directly call OpenBUGS or WinBUGS, automatically bringing back the parameters chains on completion.

Information regarding the number of higher levels in use for the current model is now displayed on the equations window to alert users to the structure being analysed.

New Windows

A window for setting up 3D graphs has been added

A window for viewing and editing the current content of boxes has been added

A window for viewing and editing the current content of strings has been added

Double-precision columns

Column values in the worksheet are now stored in double precision. This will improve compatibility when saving or loading from other packages, however there may be slight differences in model results compared to those from previous versions. This is particularly likely to happen where intermediate results are stored on the worksheet, for example in discrete models or the starting residuals when running MCMC models.