Table 2.
Sample size | 50 | 100 | 200 | 300 | 500 | 1000 |
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Pathway length K=2 | ||||||
Multivariate Δ* | 0.027 | 0.039 | 0.045 | 0.032 | 0.040 | 0.051 |
Exact* | 0.019 | 0.035 | 0.042 | 0.031 | 0.040 | 0.050 |
Unbiased* | 0.033 | 0.043 | 0.045 | 0.033 | 0.040 | 0.051 |
Bootstrap* | 0.040 | 0.052 | 0.057 | 0.042 | 0.049 | 0.059 |
Percentile bootstrap† | 0.046 | 0.057 | 0.059 | 0.047 | 0.057 | 0.059 |
Bias-corrected bootstrap† | 0.056 | 0.068 | 0.058 | 0.048 | 0.057 | 0.058 |
Pathway length K=3 | ||||||
Multivariate Δ* | 0.005 | 0.021 | 0.037 | 0.035 | 0.048 | 0.045 |
Exact* | 0.003 | 0.015 | 0.033 | 0.035 | 0.047 | 0.044 |
Unbiased* | 0.015 | 0.026 | 0.042 | 0.040 | 0.050 | 0.047 |
Bootstrap* | 0.011 | 0.020 | 0.044 | 0.037 | 0.053 | 0.048 |
Percentile bootstrap† | 0.029 | 0.034 | 0.049 | 0.047 | 0.054 | 0.050 |
Bias-corrected bootstrap† | 0.059 | 0.057 | 0.059 | 0.053 | 0.058 | 0.057 |
Pathway length K=4 | ||||||
Multivariate Δ* | 0.004 | 0.012 | 0.022 | 0.030 | 0.035 | 0.047 |
Exact* | 0.001 | 0.009 | 0.021 | 0.026 | 0.032 | 0.047 |
Unbiased* | 0.010 | 0.019 | 0.032 | 0.035 | 0.037 | 0.047 |
Bootstrap* | 0.014 | 0.020 | 0.034 | 0.037 | 0.039 | 0.054 |
Percentile bootstrap† | 0.033 | 0.034 | 0.042 | 0.045 | 0.048 | 0.058 |
Bias-corrected bootstrap† | 0.065 | 0.060 | 0.055 | 0.052 | 0.054 | 0.056 |
Pathway length K=5 | ||||||
Multivariate Δ* | 0.000 | 0.004 | 0.018 | 0.034 | 0.035 | 0.032 |
Exact* | 0.000 | 0.003 | 0.014 | 0.031 | 0.033 | 0.029 |
Unbiased* | 0.001 | 0.013 | 0.023 | 0.039 | 0.038 | 0.033 |
Bootstrap* | 0.004 | 0.007 | 0.026 | 0.037 | 0.037 | 0.041 |
Percentile bootstrap† | 0.022 | 0.035 | 0.043 | 0.049 | 0.049 | 0.043 |
Bias-corrected bootstrap† | 0.066 | 0.061 | 0.059 | 0.057 | 0.056 | 0.046 |
*For PEM-UD with different methods, estimate the variance.
†For PEM-D with different methods, estimate the CI.