Table 5.
Clusters/Cluster Size | Small random effect variance (τ00=0.50) | Medium random effect variance (τ00 =1.63) | Large random effect variance (τ00=8.15) | ||||||
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Population = 0.71 | Population = 1.28 | Population = 2.85 | |||||||
Linear – REML | Logistic – PQL | Logistic – ML | Linear – REML | Logistic – PQL | Logistic – ML | Linear – REML | Logistic – PQL | Logistic – ML | |
25 Clusters | |||||||||
5 Members | 0.63 (.33) | 0.68 (.33) | 0.66 (.35) | 1.11 (.34) | 1.17 (.34) | 1.22 (.42) | 2.28 (.57) | 2.30 (.54) | 2.92 (1.41) |
10 Members | 0.64 (.21) | 0.68 (.22) | 0.65 (.23) | 1.11 (.25) | 1.20 (.26) | 1.21 (.28) | 2.26 (.50) | 2.45 (.49) | 2.80 (.62) |
20 Members | 0.64 (.15) | 0.68 (.16) | 0.66 (.16) | 1.11 (.22) | 1.22 (.22) | 1.21 (.23) | 2.24 (.47) | 2.56 (.45) | 2.76 (.53) |
50 Clusters | |||||||||
5 Members | 0.64 (.23) | 0.65 (.23) | 0.67 (.25) | 1.12 (.24) | 1.14 (.24) | 1.26 (.28) | 2.26 (.44) | 2.21 (.42) | 2.87 (.57) |
10 Members | 0.65 (.14) | 0.67 (.15) | 0.68 (.16) | 1.11 (.19) | 1.18 (.18) | 1.25 (.20) | 2.45 (.40) | 2.40 (.38) | 2.83 (.42) |
20 Members | 0.65 (.11) | 0.68 (.11) | 0.68 (.11) | 1.11 (.17) | 1.21 (.15) | 1.25 (.16) | 2.23 (.39) | 2.53 (.34) | 2.81 (.36) |
100 Clusters | |||||||||
5 Members | 0.65 (.15) | 0.65 (.16) | 0.69 (.17) | 1.11 (.18) | 1.12 (.17) | 1.26 (.19) | 2.24 (.38) | 2.16 (.37) | 2.85 (.37) |
10 Members | 0.65 (.10) | 0.67 (.10) | 0.69 (.11) | 1.11 (.15) | 1.17 (.13) | 1.26 (.14) | 2.23 (.36) | 2.37 (.33) | 2.83 (.29) |
20 Members | 0.65 (.08) | 0.68 (.08) | 0.70 (.08) | 1.11 (.14) | 1.21 (.11) | 1.26 (.12) | 2.23 (.34) | 2.52 (.28) | 2.83 (.25) |
200 Clusters | |||||||||
5 Members | 0.65 (.11) | 0.65 (.11) | 0.70 (.12) | 1.11 (.14) | 1.12 (.13) | 1.27 (.13) | 2.23 (.34) | 2.14 (.34) | 2.84 (.26) |
10 Members | 0.65 (.08) | 0.67 (.07) | 0.70 (.08) | 1.11 (.13) | 1.17 (.10) | 1.27 (.10) | 2.24 (.33) | 2.35 (.30) | 2.85 (.20) |
20 Members | 0.65 (.07) | 0.68 (.05) | 0.70 (.05) | 1.11 (.12) | 1.21 (.08) | 1.27 (.08) | 2.23 (.32) | 2.51 (.25) | 2.84 (.18) |
Notes. See Table 3 notes.