Analyzing Binomial Data in a Split-Plot Design: Classical Approach or Modern Techniques?

Modeling data that are non-normally distributed with random effects is the major challenge in analyzing binomial data in split-plot designs. Seven methods for analyzing such data using mixed, generalized linear, or generalized linear mixed models are compared for the size and power of the tests. This study shows that analyzing random effects properly is more important than adjusting the analysis for non-normality. Methods based on mixed and generalized linear mixed models hold Type I error rates better than generalized linear models. Mixed model methods tend to have higher power than generalized linear mixed models when the sample size is small.

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