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. 2009 Feb 6;64A(4):473–480. doi: 10.1093/gerona/gln040

Table 6.

Tests for Nursing Home Random Effect (N = 4,942)

Series 1 Series 2
Personal hygiene
    Reduced model 13,819.2 13,870.1
    Full model 13,758.0 13,814.0
    Likelihood ratio T* = 61.2 T* = 56.1
p value < .001 p value < .001
Toileting
    Reduced model 14,455.9 14,518.3
    Full model 14,437.3 14,499.3
    Likelihood ratio T* = 18.6 T* = 19.0
p value < .001 p value < .001
Eating
    Reduced model 13,896.9 13,951.8
    Full model 13,884.5 13,940.4
    Likelihood ratio T* = 12.4 T* = 11.4
p value < .001 p value < .005

Notes: Full model: with nursing home random effect. Reduced model: without nursing home random effect.

*

T = (negative log likelihood of reduced model) − (negative log likelihood of full model).