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Table 2 Competing models used to investigate determinants of nematode fecal egg count in small ruminants in Kenya.

From: Risk factors of gastrointestinal nematode parasite infections in small ruminants kept in smallholder mixed farms in Kenya

 

Compound Symmetry Model

First Order Autoregressive Model

First Order Autoregressive Moving Average

Model Fit Statistics

   

- 2 Log Likelihood

6625.8

6509.3

6577.9

Akaike's Information Criterion (AIC)

6631.8

6515.3

6585.9

Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC)

6638.0

6521.5

6594.2

Correlation Estimates

   

Number of Correlation Parameters

1

1

2

Estimated Correlation

   

   1 Month

ρ = 0.602

ρ = 0.507

γ = 0.505

   2 Months

ρ = 0.602

ρ2 = 0.257

γρ = 0.221

   3 Months

ρ = 0.602

ρ3 = 0.130

γρ2 = 0.096

  1. Comparison of repeated measures 3-level models (with different correlation structures) used to investigate determinants of nematode fecal egg count in small ruminants kept in smallholder farms in the Central Highlands of Kenya.
  2. ρ and γ are estimates of different correlation parameters