Table 5 Coverage probability and the width of the confidence intervals for the two parameters of interest, Es and θ (10 levels)
From: Analysis of contamination in cluster randomized trials of malaria interventions
GEE | \(\mathcal {S}\) | \(\mathcal {S}_{RE}\) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Es | θ | \(\hat {E}_{s}\) | \(\hat {\theta }\) | \(\hat {E}_{s}\) | \(\hat {\theta }\) | \(\hat {E}_{s}\) | \(\hat {\theta }\) | |
0.2 | 0.1 | 82 | – | 85 | 100 | 96 | 100 | CP (%) |
0.18 | – | 0.20 | 0.30 | 0.27 | 0.30 | Width | ||
0.25 | 70 | – | 88 | 100 | 94 | 100 | ||
0.18 | – | 0.27 | 0.62 | 0.30 | 0.77 | |||
0.4 | 52 | – | 91 | 100 | 93 | 100 | ||
0.19 | – | 0.33 | 0.95 | 0.33 | 1.19 | |||
0.55 | 42 | – | 90 | 100 | 88 | 100 | ||
0.19 | – | 0.39 | 1.27 | 0.34 | 1.59 | |||
0.7 | 34 | – | 90 | 100 | 84 | 100 | ||
0.20 | – | 0.46 | 1.61 | 0.35 | 1.99 | |||
0.4 | 0.1 | 80 | – | 88 | 100 | 96 | 100 | |
0.15 | – | 0.18 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.30 | |||
0.25 | 37 | – | 90 | 100 | 94 | 100 | ||
0.17 | – | 0.25 | 0.45 | 0.29 | 0.78 | |||
0.4 | 11 | – | 90 | 99 | 85 | 100 | ||
0.18 | – | 0.30 | 0.70 | 0.32 | 1.18 | |||
0.55 | 2 | – | 92 | 100 | 71 | 100 | ||
0.19 | – | 0.36 | 0.98 | 0.33 | 1.54 | |||
0.7 | 0 | – | 91 | 99 | 54 | 100 | ||
0.20 | – | 0.42 | 1.29 | 0.35 | 1.91 | |||