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It appears as if MLwiN has made a number of mistakes generating the WinBUGS initial values file. It is missing a comma between the numbers -0.012991 and 0.064789 in the u2 parameter and has also only written 1869 values instead of the needed 1870. It has also capitalised Tau.u3 in the initial values...

This does indeed look like MLwiN is having a problem, although I don't know exactly what the root cause of it is. When running discrete response models MLwiN has to transform the original data in order to fit it. So that it doesn't damage you original data it makes a copy of your ID, response and ex...

The correct checksum for the 64-bit version should be: . checksum "runmlwin_mcmcdiagnostics.plugin" Checksum for runmlwin_mcmcdiagnostics.plugin = 614330411, size = 61440 You can re-download the correct version to your plus directory with the following command: ssc copy runmlwin_mcmcdiagno...

From the size and checksum of the file it looks like this correct for the 32-bit Windows version of Stata. Can you confirm that this is what you are using? This plugin is compiled using Visual Studio 2008 and requires the runtime libraries for this to be installed. These will often be included with ...

It may be that runmlwin is overestimating the amount of worksheet space required to hold the data. You could try overriding these settings to match what you use in the standalone context by using the worksheet() options in runmlwin. If you have a 64-bit machine you could also try setting your MLwiN_...

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In your prediction you have chosen to include all the parameters, including the residuals (you can see which parameters are selected as they become grey when unselected and black when selected). This essentially means that your prediction is the same as your response. You can confirm this by compari...

When allocating memory for holding matrices used within the algorithm MLwiN can either allocate them to be large enough for the worst-case situation in the algorithm (The maximum number of lowest level units within units at the highest level), or it can assume that the situation where these are need...

Could you check that the error message you are getting it identical, as this would indicate that the settings are being ignored? Can you check that you are using the most recent versions of MLwiN and runmlwin in case you are coming across something that has already been fixed? If you still get the p...

The default for runmlwin is possibly slightly different to your default MLwiN settings in that it tells it not to use worksheet allocated space for storing matrices associated with fitting the model. To change runmlwin to use this same option you need to change your mlwinsettings to: mlwinsettings(s...