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Changes made to HLM 5.02 (released 11/2000)
in this service release (07/2001) are listed below. A number
of problems were fixed and some new features added to all
the modules.
- A new graphics procedure has been added
to all four modules, allowing the user to graph the relationship
between the outcome variable and predictors. Documentation
describing this has been added to the help file.
- The option to perform Laplace iterations
with HLM 3 has been added.
- The software used for importing stat
package data into HLM has been updated, allowing importation
of the latest data files from packages like SAS, STATA and
SPSS.
- Printing of the degrees of freedom for
fixed coefficients to the output file has been corrected.
- A problem with the graphics procedure
when using weighted SSM files has been corrected. Note that
the procedure cannot handle weighted SSM files made from
ASCII data.
- A problem in HLM 5.03 concerning the
use of group-mean centered variables at level-2 when running
HLM3 has been fixed.
We are also aware of the following
problems. See the HLM 5
FAQ page for the most recent information on this:
- Non-linear analyses using the
multiple imputation option cannot currently be run.
- The currently distributed version
of DBMSCOPY is unable to read database spreadsheet files
(for example ACCESS, EXCEL) multiple times when making the
SSM files. Users importing these data should prepare separate
input files for each level of the hierarchy. When using
SPSS, SAS, etc a single data file may be used as input at
multiple levels. In addition, the importation of SPSS portable
(*.por) files with DBMSCOPY is not currently possible. Users
are advised to use another SPSS format for data files instead.
Check the About HLM box from the
Help menu to make sure which version of HLM you are running.
Then download the appropriate patch file and run it to upgrade
to HLM 5.04.
 
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