- You have a binary response (
osteophytes
), for which logistic regression is a good general approach. - You have non-independence due to multiple measurements on the same
participant
and multiple measurements by the sameexaminer
. ThisThe non-independence due to participants can be addressed well using mixed-models, also known as hierarchical models. Since you have only 4 examiners, which is a rather low number of levels for a random effect, you may want to includeexaminer
as a fixed effect instead. You will need to consider whether including a device x examiner interaction is a good idea or not. - You are primarily interested in establishing that the cheaper device is not worse i.e. establishing non-inferiority. This can be done with logistic regression, and we have some info at this thread: Noninferiority Using Logistic Regression.
So, use a mixed-effects logistic regression with a random effectseffect for both participant and examiner. Then check for non-inferiority of the cheaper device.