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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Stat Biosci. 2013 May 24;7(1):19–47. doi: 10.1007/s12561-013-9091-z

Table 2.

Summary of simulation results of maximum likelihood estimation for Poisson longitudinal outcomes and survival time.

n=200 n=400
ψ Par. TRUE Est. SSD ESE CP Est. SSD ESE CP
−1 β 0 −1 − .995 .203 .196 .940 −1.005 .138 .138 .948
β 1 1 .998 .178 .171 .942 1.007 .119 .121 .945
β 2 − .5 − .510 .273 .264 .946 − .502 .192 .186 .935
β 3 − .5 − .489 .150 .151 .950 − .492 .107 .106 .949
σb2 .2 .196 .074 .092 .983 .200 .055 .065 .976
ψ −1 −1.038 .716 .771 .947 −1.003 .503 .514 .934
γ 1 −1 −1.025 .227 .228 .969 −1.014 .160 .158 .954
γ 2 1 1.034 .371 .358 .947 1.009 .248 .248 .959
Λ( .9) .9 .918 .222 .208 .943 .909 .141 .142 .944
Λ(1.4) 1.4 1.456 .403 .357 .943 1.424 .235 .237 .953
Λ(1:9) 1.9 1.999 .632 .560 .953 1.948 .368 .366 .961
0 β 0 −1 −1.007 .202 .199 .943 −1.003 .137 .140 .957
β 1 1 1.010 .184 .175 .932 .998 .120 .124 .951
β 2 − .5 − .513 .283 .268 .937 − .505 .193 .189 .942
β 3 − .5 − .500 .164 .161 .951 − .489 .114 .114 .950
σb2 .2 .199 .074 .097 .981 .206 .055 .070 .973
ψ 0 .006 .571 .610 .993 .011 .391 .387 .978
γ 1 −1 −1.039 .188 .194 .958 −1.015 .128 .132 .953
γ 2 1 1.021 .326 .319 .948 1.003 .226 .219 .944
Λ( .9) .9 .917 .191 .188 .952 .909 .129 .130 .950
Λ(1.4) 1.4 1.448 .313 .308 .953 1.432 .206 .210 .950
Λ(1.9) 1.9 2.006 .478 .473 .954 1.966 .312 .316 .950
1 β 0 −1 −1.014 .195 .202 .952 −1.004 .138 .142 .954
β 1 1 1.014 .180 .178 .954 1.008 .126 .125 .951
β 2 − .5 − .512 .273 .271 .947 − .511 .190 .191 .945
β 3 − .5 − .514 .174 .172 .943 − .509 .123 .122 .959
σb2 .2 .201 .083 .098 .967 .204 .060 .070 .960
ψ 1 .993 .664 .768 .942 1.008 .477 .512 .942
γ 1 −1 −1.030 .230 .224 .952 −1.003 .158 .157 .950
γ 2 1 1.014 .363 .354 .949 1.006 .252 .247 .942
Λ( .9) .9 .925 .22 .207 .949 .91 .144 .142 .948
Λ(1.4) 1.4 1.46 .389 .351 .95 1.435 .246 .237 .942
Λ(1.9) 1.9 2.018 .639 .554 .957 1.957 .373 .365 .947