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Please note that the patch file on this
page is only for use with registered copies of HLM 5.04 for
Windows. It cannot be applied to the rental or student editions,
or used on any other platform.
This patch should be applied to any full
edition of HLM 5.04 regardless of purchase date.
Users who applied the 5.05 patch that was
available from January 22 to 29 reported a series of errors.
Depending on the operating system, some users could not update
all necessary files. In addition, crashes of the two-level
plausible value routine were reported, along with problems
with some HGLM models. Anyone who has applied that patch does
not have to reinstall the software; they can simply apply
the patch below. The third-party software used for importing
data into HLM (DBMS/Copy) has been updated in this newest
patch and all users are urged to take advantage of this upgrade.
Changes made to HLM 5.04 (released June
2001) in this service release (January 2003) are listed below.
- A problem reading SPSS (version 9 and
higher) files has been corrected. Problems with the use
of weights from SPSS files are also fixed.
- Similarly, problems reading SYSTAT (version
8 and later) files have been fixed.
- An error message has been added to prevent
use of the pair-wise deletion option in the case of nonlinear
(HGLM) models.
- Crashing of the V-known analysis when
some of the additional features were requested has been
fixed.
- Specification of different missing values
for variables in ASCII data files were reported to cause
problems. The source of the problem was identified and corrected.
- The multiple imputation procedure crashed
during the last iteration of an HGLM analysis. This problem
has been fixed.
- Minor corrections were also made to
the multinomial, ordinal, plausible value and latent variable
regression procedures. In all cases, problems reported caused
crashes, and output obtained previously using these procedures
should not be affected by the changes made in 5.05.
The only problem we are currently aware
of is with the import of data using DBMS/Copy (details given
below). See the HLM 5 FAQ
page for a workaround.
- The currently distributed version of
DBMS/Copy 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 DBMS/Copy is currently not possible.
Users are advised to use another SPSS file format for data
files.
Note:
If you have not yet upgraded to HLM 5.04,
please do so prior to downloading and applying the
patch from this page.
We suggest that you close all open applications
prior to downloading and applying the patch.
 
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