STRUCTURES for Building, Learning, Applying and Computing Statistical Models

LEMMA 2 was a node in the second phase of the ESRC-funded National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM). The mission of NCRM was to provide a strategic focal point for the identification, development and delivery of an integrated national research, training and capacity-building programme. The project built upon the work of LEMMA 1.

LEMMA 2 had four themes:

(1) Further develop multilevel modelling methodology to better represent and understand social processes;

(2) Apply this methodology to address a range of important social science questions of national interest;

(3) Develop infrastructure that allows comparison of and interlinking between statistical modelling frameworks;

(4) Extend the TCB programme of LEMMA 1 (with a focus on online resources).

Thanks to the LEMMA projects LEMMA 1, LEMMA 2 and LEMMA 3 - an unrestricted version of the MLwiN software has been freely available to UK academics.