Table 4.

G-study on all elicitation methods collectively, incorporating the facets 'health state' (6 levels), 'method' (3 levels), 'age group' (3 levels) and 'respondent' (nested under age; 187 levels) and their interaction terms

Facet	% variance explained
Main effects
Health state	36.8
Method	1.6
Age group	0.2
Respondent [age group]	11.1
First order interactions
Health state * Method	1.4
Health state * Age group	0.0
Health state * Respondent [age group]	8.9
Method * Age group	0.0
Method * Respondent [age group]	17.3
Error	23.2

[age group] means 'nested under age group'.