Table 2.
Type I Error Probabilities of Methods for Missing Data Percentages (10% and 40%) and Mechanisms
| Method | Missing Percentage | MCAR | MAR | MAR/MNAR | MNAR |
| SSSa | 10% | 0.0920 | 0.0895 | 0.0875 | 0.0895 |
| 40% | 0.0945 | 0.1035 | 0.1050 | 0.1115 | |
| Modified SSSb (Dawson Weight) | 10% | 0.0615 | 0.0580 | 0.0580 | 0.0585 |
| 40% | 0.0525 | 0.0520 | 0.0495 | 0.0555 | |
| Modified SSSb (Population Weight) | 10% | 0.0600 | 0.0585 | 0.0585 | 0.0585 |
| 40% | 0.0535 | 0.0520 | 0.0535 | 0.0540 | |
| Modified SSSb (SSTime Weight) | 10% | 0.0615 | 0.0590 | 0.0575 | 0.0590 |
| 40% | 0.0540 | 0.0535 | 0.0575 | 0.0525 | |
| Fisherc | 10% | 0.0495 | 0.0555 | 0.0495 | 0.0510 |
| 40% | 0.0495 | 0.0445 | 0.0505 | 0.0460 | |
| Weighted Z-Transformd | 10% | 0.0575 | 0.0595 | 0.0580 | 0.0570 |
| 40% | 0.0545 | 0.0550 | 0.0525 | 0.0530 |
*Type I error, r = .6, n = 100, simulations = 2000
*a, b, c, d indicate the methods of analysis in the text