Re: st: Testing dependence in a 2x2 table for clustered observations

["Michael N. Mitchell" <Michael.Norman.Mitchell@gmail.com>]

How about something like this...

. logit recovered i.treatment, cluster(site)

or

. xtset site
. logit recovered i.treatment

Hope that helps!

Michael N. Mitchell
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On 2010-08-25 12.59 AM, Hoogendoorn, Adriaan wrote:
> Dear Statalisters,
>
> I have a very simple 2x2 table Treatment (A or B) versus Recovered (Yes or No).. I would like to test the dependence in the table using a chi square test. However, the observations are not independent but clustered: a multilevel design with patients clustered in approximately twenty "treatment sites".
>
> My question is, in order to take the clustering into account, do I need to use a technique like random coefficient logistic regression? This seems like heavy machinery to solve a simple problem with only a minor complication?
>
> Kind regards,
> Adriaan Hoogendoorn
> GGZ inGeest, Amsterdam
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