Jeff writes:
How far off is bglmer and can it handle ordered logit or multinom logit?
My reply:
bglmer is very close. No ordered logit but I was just talking about it with Sophia today. My guess is that the easiest way to fit a hierarchical ordered logit or multinom logit will be to use stan. For right now I’d recommend using glmer/bglmer to fit the ordered logits in order (e.g., 1 vs. 2,3,4, then 2 vs. 3,4, then 3 vs. 4). Or maybe there’s already a hierarchical multinomial logit in mcmcpack or somewhere?
The MCMCglmm package?
I'm pretty sure MCMCglmm can fit hierarchical probit models.
http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/MCMCglmm/i…
Ordered logit is not a glm. Although it might still be in mcmcglmm–I don't know that package.
"stan"?
Is bglmer an R package or a command?
MLWin is another option (it's not free but you can download a 30-day trial version).
Jeff:
Yes, stan.
Seamus:
blgmer() is a function that we will be including in the R package "arm" very soon.