Table 5.

Average estimated standard deviation $\widehat{\text{sd}}$, Monte Carlo standard deviation sd and 95% confidence interval coverage CI of $\widehat{\gamma }$ from estimating equation (e)

Case	Parameter	γ1	γ2	γ3	γ4	γ5
(n, d, dβ) = (250, 5, 5)
1	$$\widehat{\text{sd}}$$	0.2091	0.1206	0.0426	0.0696	0.0755
	sd	0.2161	0.1295	0.0454	0.0765	0.0829
	CI	94.1%	93.4%	94.5%	92.9%	92.7%
2	$$\widehat{\text{sd}}$$	0.2045	0.1180	0.0417	0.0681	0.0743
	sd	0.2097	0.1252	0.0448	0.0761	0.0820
	CI	95.4%	93.6%	93.8%	92.6%	92.8%
(n, dγ, dβ) = (250, 5, 10)
1	$$\widehat{\text{sd}}$$	0.2045	0.1178	0.0417	0.0682	0.0740
	sd	0.2235	0.1263	0.0450	0.0706	0.0818
	CI	93.2%	94.4%	93.8%	95.1%	92.0%
2	$$\widehat{\text{sd}}$$	0.2000	0.1153	0.0408	0.0667	0.0727
	sd	0.2179	0.1243	0.0443	0.0698	0.0811
	CI	93.4%	94.0%	93.2%	94.4%	92.1%