Hierarchical Linear Modeling - Roberts and Herrington 2005

Roberts, J. K. & Herington, R. (2005). Demonstration of software programs for estimating multilevel measurement models. Journal of Applied Measurement, 6(3).

Abstract

A brief overview of the relevant parameterizations of the Rasch measurement model will first be provided. Next, the use of five different hierarchical linear modeling software programs (SAS, MLWIN, S-PLUS, R and HLM) using a heuristic data set will be demonstrated. For each program, researchers will be offered: 1) instructions describing the way to set up data sets, as well as 2) directions for running each program, 3) guidelines to assist with the appropriate interpretation of the output. Last, testing of the local independence assumption will be discussed.

Datasets may be downloaded here. All datasets are in a single ZIP file.

- HLM datasets are labeled "hglm1.sav" for the Level-1 dataset and "hglm1.sav" for the Level-2 dataset

- SPLUS dataset is labeled "hglm.sdd"

- SAS dataset is labeled "mml2.sas"

- MLwiN dataset is labeled "mlm2.ws"

- R dataset is labeled "mlm2.txt" (this dataset must be read into R)