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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 18.
Published in final edited form as: Eval Health Prof. 2008 Oct 7;31(4):419–436. doi: 10.1177/0163278708324444

Table 3.

Variance Components Estimates (VCE), 95% Confidence Intervals (CI), and Percentages of Measurement Error Variance (MEV) Using Only Cadaveric Bones and PGY Levels 2, 3, and 4.

Model 2a Random
Model 2b With Sequence
Model 2c With PGY Level
Model 2d With PGY Level and Bone Difficulty
Random Effects VCE % VCE % VCE % VCE %
Resident 309.83 201.31 89.98 96.67
 CI 141.28, 1137.57 91.80, 739.13 41.03, 330.39 44.08, 354.95
Rater 10.50 8.58 10.67 8.8 10.50 8.50 5.29 4.50
 CI 4.79, 38.54 4.86, 39.16 4.79, 38.54 2.41, 19.42
Bone:resident 58.31 47.69 52.71 43.75 58.91 47.95 61.14 43.30
 CI 26.59, 214.10 24.04, 193.54 26.86, 216.30 27.88, 224.48
Resident × Rater 11.75 9.61 18.41 15.28 11.75 9.56 17.16 14.50
 CI 5.36, 43.12 8.40, 67.60 5.36, 43.12 7.83, 63.02
Rater × Bone:resident 41.70 34.11 38.68 32.11 41.70 33.94 34.92 29.46
 CI 28.17, 68.07 33.17, 45.70 28.17, 68.07 23.16, 58.62
Total of MEV components 126.26 120.47 122.86 118.51