Table 2.
Evaluation of the GODE method by calculating average relative errors (ARE) in parameter estimates based on 500 simulation runs.
| distribution | # of obs. per dilu. factor | variance | ARE(%) of GODE | ARE(%) of ESB | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ρ E | β E | δ E* | cV | β | ρ E | β E | δ E* | cV | β | |||
| binomial | 5 | - | 47.8% | 8.72% | 27.9% | 26.6% | 3.98% | 3.29 × 107% | 89.1% | 69.1% | 36.3% | 4.03% |
| 10 | - | 49.6% | 5.90% | 19.2% | 19.2% | 2.68% | 3.66 × 107% | 94.9% | 72.4% | 28.9% | 2.78% | |
| 20 | - | 49.7% | 4.55% | 13.7% | 13.4% | 1.85% | 3.93 × 107% | 91.2% | 41.1% | 20.4% | 2.19% | |
| Poisson | 5 | - | 46.1% | 14.0% | 41.5% | 43.4% | 6.52% | 1.21 × 107% | 72.6% | 95.9% | 39.4% | 6.66% |
| 10 | - | 49.5% | 9.14% | 37.4% | 32.7% | 4.32% | 1.61 × 107% | 72.4% | 77.3% | 28.1% | 4.49% | |
| 20 | - | 48.4% | 5.86% | 23.2% | 19.8% | 3.24% | 2.40 × 107% | 70.8% | 71.3% | 20.9% | 3.37% | |
| Gamma | 5 | 3.0 | 12.3% | 10.1% | 50.6% | 58.0% | 84.3% | 3.50 × 107% | 92.7% | 93.8% | 55.7% | 84.6% |
| 10 | 1.5 | 11.6% | 6.40% | 50.7% | 45.1% | 76.9% | 4.53 × 107% | 105% | 84.3% | 30.0% | 77.1% | |
| 20 | 0.75 | 13.1% | 11.7% | 36.0% | 24.8% | 69.5% | 4.95 × 107% | 115% | 95.4% | 19.9% | 69.7% | |
| normal | 5 | 3.0 | 36.8% | 44.0% | 77.2% | 104% | 58.0% | 1.93 × 107% | 65.4% | 84.5% | 50.4% | 76.4% |
| 10 | 1.5 | 39.3% | 21.4% | 52.8% | 59.2% | 13.5% | 1.95 × 107% | 64.7% | 73.6% | 32.8% | 13.9% | |
| 20 | 0.75 | 46.8% | 9.02% | 27.8% | 26.7% | 6.21% | 2.12 × 107% | 67.5% | 68.1% | 22.7% | 6.20% | |