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Table 3 Fit statistics for the example trial, using mixed-effects logistic regression models under five different correlation structures, adjusting for pre-specified covariates (minimized values bolded)

From: Accounting for complex intracluster correlations in longitudinal cluster randomized trials: a case study in malaria vector control

Model

AICC

BIC

-2 Log Likelihood

Exchangeable

16,432.99

16,479.13

16,394.94

Nested Exchangeable

16,299.18

16,347.73

16,259.12

Exponential decay

16,298.42

16,346.98

16,258.36

Toeplitz

16,299.72

16,350.70

16,257.66

Unstructured

16,291.87

16,350.12

16,243.78