Table 4.
Average Relative Bias and Absolute Bias of Intertrait Correlation Estimates and Standard Errors in Simulated Data with 5 Traits
| Estimation method | Keyed direction | Estimate | SE | |||
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| Relative bias | RMSE | Percent inestimable (%) | Relative bias | RMSE | ||
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| QMCEM | Same | −.87 | .20 | 0 | .18 | .01 |
| Mixed | −.47 | .12 | 0 | .20 | .01 | |
| MHRM | Same | −.04 | .04 | 10 | −.26 | .01 |
| Mixed | .01 | .03 | 15 | .17 | .02 | |