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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 5.
Published in final edited form as: Lifetime Data Anal. 2008 Oct 29;15(1):120–146. doi: 10.1007/s10985-008-9102-4

Table 1.

Simulation Results: Performance of test for regression parameter under the null

row N pi(θ0) E(n) Ê (1) ESD wi(θ̂) treated as estimated
wi(θ̂) treated as fixed
ASE ESL ASE ESL
1 100 0.25 62.5 −0.008 0.224 0.201 2.1% 0.112 28.4%
2 0.50 75 0.001 0.119 0.118 3.1% 0.051 38.3%
3 0.75 87.5 −0.003 0.064 0.065 3.4% 0.024 50.2%
4 500 0.25 312.5 −0.003 0.085 0.087 3.6% 0.029 55.3%
5 0.50 375 −0.001 0.047 0.046 4.0% 0.011 66.0%
6 0.75 437.5 0.000 0.026 0.026 4.8% 0.005 77.4%
7 1000 0.25 625 0.000 0.058 0.059 4.3% 0.015 63.5%
8 0.50 750 −0.001 0.032 0.033 4.4% 0.006 72.6%
9 0.75 875 −0.000 0.018 0.019 3.8% 0.002 80.0%

pi(θ0) = P (Ii = 1|Zi1 = 1, Zi3 ∈ (0, 4])

ESD = empirical standard deviation

ASE = average asymptotic standard error

ESL = empirical significance level.