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Worst performance values for estimation of within-birth correlation for continuous outcomes
| Operating characteristic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Randomization | Method | Mean bias | Median bias |
| Same | LMEM | -0.014 | 0.019 |
| GEE | 0.053 | 0.050 | |
| Independent | LMEM | -0.020 | 0.014 |
| GEE | 0.047 | 0.042 | |
| Opposite | LMEM | -0.015 | 0.020 |
| GEE | 0.060 | 0.059 | |
