Table 1.

Proportions (%) of SSE|_θ̂j=xj < SSE|_θ̂j=ȳj based on Q = 1000 replications.

	n	Assessing standard	σ2
			0.0025	0.01	0.04	1	25	100	400
θ =j/10
f			600.0	150.0	37.50	1.500	0.060	0.015	0.004
	20	θj	50.4	54.4	61.7	82.5	93.9	93.0	94.2
		Ȳj	49.3	52.5	59.8	74.4	87.5	84.6	85.2
		v͂	49.6	53.4	61.5	79.7	92.5	90.3	91.0
	40	θj	51.1	52.9	56.1	79.7	93.7	93.2	93.7
		Ȳj	51.7	50.7	54.3	61.5	74.1	71.9	68.9
		v͂	52.1	52.0	56.1	73.1	89.6	88.3	87.8
	80	θj	52.2	50.9	54.0	74.1	92.6	92.0	93.9
		Ȳj	52.4	48.2	50.0	50.3	49.6	47.0	48.7
		v͂	53.5	49.4	53.6	66.6	83.9	83.3	82.7
θ =j
f			60 000	15 000	3750	150.0	6.000	1.500	0.375
	20	θj	50.4	54.4	61.7	49.7	69.7	83.9	90.7
		Ȳj	49.3	52.5	59.8	49.8	63.5	75.3	82.3
		v͂	49.6	53.4	61.5	49.9	68.1	80.8	88.7
	40	θj	51.1	52.9	56.1	50.1	66.5	77.6	86.2
		Ȳj	51.7	50.7	54.3	50.8	56.8	60.8	65.2
		v͂	52.1	52.0	56.1	50.9	62.8	73.0	80.2
	80	θjj	52.2	50.9	54.0	48.5	62.9	71.2	85.5
		Ȳj	52.4	48.2	50.0	51.0	46.7	48.8	49.1
		v͂	53.5	49.4	53.6	51.0	54.5	65.4	74.2
θ = 10j
f			6 000 000	1 500 000	375 000	15 000	600.0	150.0	37.50
	20	θj	49.9	49.0	49.3	49.7	52.9	54.5	60.2
		Ȳj	49.3	50.3	49.8	49.8	50.9	51.9	56.5
		v͂	49.3	50.3	49.8	49.9	51.3	52.6	57.8
	40	θj	48.4	49.0	49.5	50.1	52.1	53.0	54.5
		Ȳj	50.7	48.9	49.1	50.8	51.0	51.8	51.2
		v͂	50.7	48.9	49.2	50.9	51.8	53.2	53.6
	80	θj	50.1	49.3	49.3	48.5	52.7	52.2	54.6
		Ȳ	50.2	50.0	50.3	51.0	49.7	50.3	47.3
		v͂	50.2	50.0	50.3	51.0	50.8	52.2	51.1