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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 25.
Published in final edited form as: Biometrics. 2009 Apr 13;66(1):79–88. doi: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2009.01240.x

Table 2.

Estimated regression coefficients for important covariates in model (14), standard errors and coverage probabilities (CPs) of 95% confidence intervals

Model-based SE
95% CP
Method Model Parameter Point Estimate Relative Bias Empirical SE Freq. Bayes. Freq. Bayes.
Scenario 1: Full data, m = 40
 DPL β1 0.789 −0.014 0.167 0.129 0.129 0.93 0.93
β2 0.807 0.008 0.156 0.135 0.135 0.92 0.92
β5 0.787 −0.016 0.150 0.130 0.130 0.91 0.91
 SCAD β1 0.775 −0.031 0.141 0.116 - 0.89 -
β2 0.789 −0.014 0.141 0.117 - 0.91 -
β5 0.764 −0.045 0.145 0.115 - 0.82 -
Scenario 2: Full data, m = 60
 DPL β1 0.795 −0.006 0.098 0.103 0.103 0.94 0.94
β2 0.807 0.009 0.101 0.105 0.105 0.93 0.93
β5 0.795 −0.007 0.105 0.103 0.103 0.93 0.93
 SCAD β1 0.783 −0.021 0.105 0.096 - 0.90 -
β2 0.795 −0.006 0.108 0.097 - 0.90 -
β5 0.780 −0.025 0.115 0.097 - 0.89 -
Scenario 3: Missing data, m = 40
 DPL β1 0.780 −0.026 0.177 0.144 0.144 0.93 0.93
β2 0.795 −0.006 0.151 0.151 0.151 0.96 0.96
β5 0.782 −0.022 0.144 0.144 0.144 0.93 0.93
 SCAD β1 0.765 −0.043 0.163 0.120 - 0.81 -
β2 0.776 −0.029 0.169 0.120 - 0.86 -
β5 0.755 −0.056 0.169 0.115 - 0.85 -
Scenario 4: Independent data, m = 40
 DPL β1 0.773 −0.034 0.045 0.026 0.026 0.71 0.71
β2 0.777 −0.029 0.048 0.028 0.028 0.77 0.77
β5 0.773 −0.034 0.049 0.027 0.027 0.81 0.81
 SCAD β1 0.798 −0.002 0.028 0.025 - 0.91 -
β2 0.804 0.005 0.033 0.027 - 0.87 -
β5 0.800 0.000 0.028 0.025 - 0.91 -