A
student version of HLM 6 can be downloaded from this page.
Please print this page before downloading the student edition, as the restrictions and other useful information concerning the program are given here. Also note that no technical support is provided for the student edition and that no serial number is required during installation.
The student edition of
HLM 6 is available as a single, self-extracting executable
HLM6StudentSetup.exe.
- Download this
file to a temporary folder (for example C:\tempfiles).
- Run HLM6StudentSetup.exe
from the Start Menu or Program Manager.
- Default installation
will be to a new folder "C:\Program Files\HLM6S".
You may change the name and location of this folder. After
successful installation the downloaded file HLM6StudentSetup.exe
may be deleted.
The student edition
contains the following:
- All the examples
distributed with the full HLM 6 version. These examples
may be run with the student edition.
- An on-line helpfile,
as provided for the full version too. The helpfile includes
most of the new HLM 6 manual and a complete tutorial showing
the use of HLM.
The student edition
can run all the analyses the full version can in terms of
models selected, statistical options and output. Restrictions
are, however, placed on the data used and the size of the
model selected. The following restrictions apply in this edition:
- The STAT/Transfer
utility used for the importation of data is not included.
The student edition will only accept ASCII, SYSTAT, SPSS
for Windows or SAS transport data files.
Note that SPSS data files created with SPSS 16 or earlier can be used with the student edition.
- For a level-3
model, the maximum number of observations that may be used
at levels 1, 2 and 3 is approximately 7500, 1700 and 60, respectively. Note that the restriction applies to observations
in the case of the level-2 file, for example, and not to
the actual number of level-2 units to be included in the analysis.
- For a level-2
model, the maximum number of observations at the two levels
is 7200 at level-1 and 350 at level-2 of the hierarchy.
- No more than
5 effects may be included in any HLM equation at any level
of the model, and the grand total of effects can not be
25 or higher.
When these limitations
are exceeded, an appropriate error message will automatically
be displayed.
For more information
on how to set up these models and how to interpret the output,
please see the Help file that comes with the program. Also (partially) available on this website.
 
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