st: Nested hypothesis testing with multiply imputed data using xtmelogit

[Edward Lorenz <ned.lorenz@gmail.com>]

Hello,

I am new to Statlist and I am hoping that someone familiar with
multiple imputation estimation knows whether it is possible to perform
nested hypothesis testing after using xtmelogit (now meqrlogit) on
multiply imputed data. I am doing a two-level logistic random
intercepts model. I would like to test the null hypothesis that the
estimate for the random parameter is zero. Without multiply imputed
data I would do this with a likelihood ratio test comparing the empty
single-level model with the empty two-level model. But I have learnt
that the log likelihood statistictic is not defined in the case of
multiply imputed data. Is there another way to do this test after mi
estimate: meqrlogit.  Any help would be much appreciated.

Edward Lorenz
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