Date:         Sat, 2 Mar 2002 13:00:03 EST
Reply-To:     BLEEDBANDW@aol.com
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From:         Beth Hill-Westmoreland <BLEEDBANDW@aol.com>
Subject:      hierarchical poisson regression models
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I need to know if SPSS has the capability to manage hierarchical Poisson
regression analyses. I am told that in the newly released 11.0. there are
methods to deal with "nesting" and I know that Poisson regression can be
performed using the GENLOG procedure. However, I still need to know if I can
do both simultaneously to develop a hierarchical Poisson regression model. I
am praying that SPSS has some way for me to do this. So far I have been told
by other SPSS users that I need STATA which I have looked into and was ready
to invest in until I heard from my statistician on my dissertation committee
that SPSS 11.0 did include some nesting features. Please help ASAP. I need to
make decisions very soon. I am currently writing chapter 3 of my dissertation
and need this info to proceed. I look forward to hearing from anyone who can
further advise. Thanks in advance for a prompt response!    Beth