Table 3. Ranking of estimators for the partly independent data.
| Rank | Relative bias | Relative precision | Relative accuracy | 95%-Confidence interval width |
| 1 | MPE | Mh EE | Mh ME | MLP |
| 2 | Mh IntJK | Mh SC2 | Mh EE | LP |
| 3 | MLP | Mh ME | Mh SC1 | Mh MPE |
| 4 | Mh SC1 | Mh SC1 | Mh IntJK | Mh EE |
| 5 | Mh ME | Mh IntJK | Appropriate | Mh SC2 |
| 6 | Mh EE | Appropriate | MLP | Appropriate |
| 7 | Appropriate | MLP | Mh SC2 | GSRUN |
| 8 | Mh SC2 | Finite mixtures | MPE | Mh IntJK |
| 9 | Finite mixtures | GSRUN | Finite mixtures | Finite mixtures |
| 10 | GSRUN | MPE | GSRUN | Mh SC1 |
| 11 | LP | LP | LP | Mh ME |
| 12 | Tr. Geom. Distribution | Tr. Geom. Distribution | Tr. Geom. Distribution | Tr. Geom. Distribution |
LP: Lincoln-Petersen. MLP: Multiple Lincoln-Petersen. MPE: Mean Petersen estimate. Int. JK: Interpolated jackknife. ME: Moment estimator. SC1: Sample coverage 1. SC2: Sample coverage 2. EE: Estimating equation. Tr. geom. distribution: Truncated geometric distribution.
Ranking positions with difference <50% of the best model are shown in bold.