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Published in final edited form as: Multivariate Behav Res. 1995 Jan 1;30(1):41. doi: 10.1207/s15327906mbr3001_3

Table 7.

Point Estimates of Ratio. Proportion and Their Bias and Relative Bias

Sample Size	2000	3000	4000
Continuous Independent Variable
Ratio	.71403	.69417	.69201
Bias	.04355	.02369	.02154
Relative Bias	.02928	.01634	.01354
Proportion	.29879	.29754	.29816
Bias	.00157	.00033	.00095
Relative Bias	.00551	.00289	.00192
Binary Independent Variable
Ratio	.77014	.86134	.73139
Bias	.09967	.19087	.06091
Relative Bias	.09492	.07656	.04369
Proportion	.30209	.30084	.29998
Bias	.00487	.00362	.00277
Relative Bias	.01311	.01281	.00623