Table 3.

Estimates and average standard errors for the repeated measures outcome in the simulation study

Effect	True value	Results for the following models:
		Dropout separated by reason	Common dropout	Ignoring dropout
Simulation 1
Intercept	72.00	72.00 (0.05)	72.00 (0.05)	72.02 (0.05)
Treatment 1	0.00	0.00 (0.08)	−0.01 (0.08)	−0.01 (0.08)
Time	−1.00	−0.98 (0.08)	−1.07 (0.08)	−1.20 (0.07)
Treatment 1 by time	−0.50	−0.49 (0.11)	−0.40 (0.10)	−0.38 (0.10)
Loading	1.00	1.01 (0.04)	0.96 (0.04)	0.93 (0.04)
SD(error)	1.00	1.04 (0.02)	1.04 (0.02)	1.04 (0.02)
Simulation 2
Intercept	72.00	71.99 (0.05)	72.00 (0.05)	72.01 (0.05)
Treatment 1	0.00	0.00 (0.08)	0.00 (0.08)	0.00 (0.08)
Time	−1.00	−0.87 (0.23)	−1.49 (0.24)	−2.53 (0.18)
Treatment 1 by time	−0.50	−0.34 (0.30)	−0.24 (0.28)	−0.07 (0.26)
Loading	3.00	3.00 (0.14)	2.62 (0.14)	2.27 (0.09)
SD(error)	1.00	1.04 (0.02)	1.04 (0.02)	1.04 (0.02)
Simulation 3
Intercept	72.00	71.99 (0.05)	72.00 (0.05)	72.01 (0.05)
Treatment 1	0.00	0.00 (0.08)	0.00 (0.08)	0.00 (0.08)
Time	−1.00	−0.99 (0.22)	−1.49 (0.24)	−2.53 (0.18)
Treatment 1 by time	−0.50	−0.44 (0.29)	−0.24 (0.28)	−0.07 (0.26)
Loading	3.00	2.92 (0.04)	2.62 (0.14)	2.27 (0.09)
SD(error)	1.00	1.04 (0.02)	1.04 (0.02)	1.04 (0.02)