Table 3.

Simulation results for the normal data

		Estimate			% Bias
Clusters	ICC	$\widehat{\mathit{\rho }}$	$\stackrel{\mathbf{~}}{\mathit{\rho }}$	${\stackrel{\mathbf{~}}{\mathit{\rho }}}_{\mathit{bc}}$	$\widehat{\mathit{\rho }}$	$\stackrel{\mathbf{~}}{\mathit{\rho }}$	${\stackrel{\mathbf{~}}{\mathit{\rho }}}_{\mathit{bc}}$
10	0.1	0.0969	0.0932	0.0979	-3.2	-6.8	-2.1
	0.2	0.1905	0.1858	0.2001	-4.8	-7.1	0.1
	0.3	0.2832	0.2778	0.3071	-5.6	-7.4	2.4
	0.4	0.3759	0.3701	0.4140	-6.0	-7.5	3.5
	0.5	0.4696	0.4637	0.5158	-6.1	-7.3	3.2
	0.6	0.5652	0.5596	0.6135	-5.8	-6.7	2.3
	0.7	0.6641	0.6591	0.7094	-5.1	-5.8	1.3
	0.8	0.7677	0.7638	0.8049	-4.0	-4.5	0.6
	0.9	0.8784	0.8760	0.9016	-2.4	-2.7	0.2
30	0.1	0.0995	0.0983	0.0995	-0.5	-1.7	-0.5
	0.2	0.1976	0.1960	0.1989	-1.2	-2.0	-0.6
	0.3	0.2953	0.2934	0.3029	-1.6	-2.2	1.0
	0.4	0.3929	0.3909	0.4067	-1.8	-2.3	1.7
	0.5	0.4910	0.4889	0.5063	-1.8	-2.2	1.3
	0.6	0.5897	0.5878	0.6047	-1.7	-2.0	0.8
	0.7	0.6895	0.6878	0.7030	-1.5	-1.7	0.4
	0.8	0.7908	0.7895	0.8015	-1.2	-1.3	0.2
	0.9	0.8941	0.8934	0.9005	-0.7	-0.7	0.1
50	0.1	0.0990	0.0983	0.0990	-1.0	-1.7	-1.0
	0.2	0.1978	0.1969	0.1984	-1.1	-1.6	-0.8
	0.3	0.2965	0.2954	0.3009	-1.2	-1.5	0.3
	0.4	0.3952	0.3940	0.4037	-1.2	-1.5	0.9
	0.5	0.4942	0.4929	0.5033	-1.2	-1.4	0.7
	0.6	0.5935	0.5924	0.6024	-1.1	-1.3	0.4
	0.7	0.6936	0.6926	0.7015	-0.9	-1.1	0.2
	0.8	0.7945	0.7938	0.8008	-0.7	-0.8	0.1
	0.9	0.8966	0.8961	0.9002	-0.4	-0.4	0.0