Table 4.

Performance of estimators when p₁−q₁ ≠ (1−q₁)(p₂−q₂). Coverage is the empirical coverage of the nominal 95% confidence interval and length is the average length of the 95% confidence interval. Allocation a = 0.35.

		p1 = .4, q1 = .2, p2 = .4, q2 = .1					p1 = .4, q1 = .2, p2 = .3, q2 = .1
n	Estimator	Bias	Variance	MSE	Coverage	Length	Bias	Variance	MSE	Coverage	Length
50	MLE	-.002	.022	.022	92	0.555	.008	.024	.024	93	0.554
	CMLE	.042	.013	.014	89	0.402	.002	.011	.011	92	0.388
	O	.021	.010	.011	94	0.382	-.023	.009	.009	95	0.366
	EST	.019	.011	.012	90	0.366	-.027	.010	.010	90	0.347
	WA	.021	.010	.011	92	0.370	-.022	.009	.009	92	0.353
	Range SE	.003-	.0005-	.0005-	.8-	.0000-	.003-	.0004-	.0004-	.7-	.0000-
		.005	.0010	.0010	.10	.0013	.005	.0011	.0011	1.0	.0013
100	MLE	.001	.010	.010	93	0.391	.001	.010	.010	93	0.391
	CMLE	.043	.006	.008	89	0.287	.000	.006	.006	94	0.279
	O	.021	.005	.005	93	0.270	-.024	.005	.005	93	0.259
	EST	.020	.005	.006	92	0.265	-.025	.005	.005	91	0.253
	WA	.021	.005	.005	93	0.266	-.024	.005	.005	92	0.255
	Range SE	.002-	.0002-	.0002-	.8-	.0000-	.002-	.0002-	.0002-	.7-	.0000-
		.003	.0005	.0004	1.0	.0005	.003	.0005	.0005	.9	.0005
200	MLE	-.002	.005	.005	93	0.279	-.003	.005	.005	95	0.279
	CMLE	.045	.003	.005	85	0.204	.001	.003	.003	94	0.199
	O	.021	.002	.003	93	0.191	-.023	.002	.003	92	0.183
	EST	.021	.003	.003	92	0.189	-.023	.002	.003	91	0.182
	WA	.022	.002	.003	93	0.189	-.023	.002	.003	91	0.182
	Range SE	.002-	.0001-	.0001-	.8-	.0000	.002-	.0001-	.0001-	.7-	.0000-
		.002	.0002	.0002	1.1	.0003	.002	.0002	.0002	.9	.0003
400	MLE	-.001	.003	.003	95	0.198	.000	.002	.002	94	0.198
	CMLE	.044	.001	.003	79	0.145	.000	.001	.001	96	0.141
	O	.021	.001	.002	92	0.135	-.024	.001	.002	89	0.130
	EST	.021	.001	.002	92	0.135	-.025	.001	.002	88	0.129
	WA	.022	.001	.002	92	0.135	-.024	.001	.002	89	0.129
	Range SE	.001-	<.0001-	<.0001-	.7-	.0000-	.001-	<.0001-	<.0001-	.7-	.0000-
		.002	.0001	.0001	1.3	.0001	.002	.0001	.0001	1.0	.0001