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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Feb 5.
Published in final edited form as: Psychol Aging. 2015 Sep 21;30(4):911–929. doi: 10.1037/pag0000046

Table 6.

Statistical Rejection Rates for BX2Y1, Simulation A

Full data
Listwise deletion
Log weights
CART weights
Prune weights
RF weights
MI
30% 50% 30% 50% 30% 50% 30% 50% 30% 50% 30% 50% 30% 50%
N = 100
 Linear .045 .055 .060 .070 .055 .095 .040 .070 .050 .080 .050 .075 .040 .115
 One split .035 .050 .035 .050 .055 .085 .035 .060 .070 .075 .075 .095 .060 .120
 Two splits .095 .045 .045 .040 .075 .100 .060 .055 .090 .140 .085 .140 .110 .135
 Three splits .095 .045 .095 .055 .095 .095 .095 .050 .075 .105 .075 .115 .095 .170
N = 250
 Linear .045 .035 .025 .050 .040 .050 .045 .060 .050 .050 .050 .075 .040 .075
 One split .055 .075 .055 .065 .100 .085 .080 .085 .095 .100 .090 .105 .110 .105
 Two splits .060 .060 .040 .035 .055 .065 .050 .060 .080 .065 .100 .075 .095 .125
 Three splits .075 .035 .085 .075 .075 .085 .060 .065 .110 .085 .095 .105 .085 .105
N = 500
 Linear .025 .055 .045 .040 .050 .050 .055 .055 .055 .045 .055 .055 .055 .055
 One split .050 .075 .030 .040 .065 .065 .060 .045 .050 .065 .050 .050 .070 .065
 Two splits .070 .055 .090 .050 .085 .045 .085 .065 .085 .050 .095 .055 .095 .055
 Three splits .035 .060 .060 .060 .070 .055 .060 .090 .055 .070 .065 .065 .055 .085

Note. Log = logistic regression; CART = classification and regression trees; Prune = pruned CART analysis; RF = random forests; MI = multiple imputation.