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. 2016 Feb 12;6:21689. doi: 10.1038/srep21689

Table 2. Simulation results for estimating β 1 = β 2 = β 3 = 1 in the presence of missing data based on 200 monte carlo data sets, where n = 100 and ρ = 0.5.

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Bias SE SD MSE CR Bias SE SD MSE CR Bias SE SD MSE CR
q = 4 GS 0.007 0.515 0.478 0.228 0.970 −0.014 0.515 0.533 0.283 0.940 −0.037 0.519 0.496 0.246 0.970
CC −0.274 0.569 0.560 0.387 0.890 −0.272 0.570 0.588 0.418 0.910 −0.265 0.573 0.529 0.349 0.935
MI-true −0.068 0.687 0.687 0.474 0.925 0.010 0.698 0.717 0.512 0.915 −0.062 0.693 0.685 0.470 0.925
p = 200
MICE-RF −0.628 0.747 0.352 0.518 0.960 −0.355 0.711 0.371 0.263 0.980 −0.510 0.725 0.349 0.382 0.975
KNN-V −0.930 0.708 0.545 1.160 0.800 −0.242 0.711 0.535 0.343 0.980 −0.655 0.720 0.557 0.738 0.925
KNN-S −0.274 0.569 0.560 0.387 0.890 −0.272 0.570 0.588 0.418 0.910 −0.265 0.573 0.529 0.349 0.935
MICE-DURR(Lasso) −0.853 0.548 0.407 0.892 0.720 −0.475 0.544 0.384 0.373 0.925 −0.688 0.546 0.418 0.647 0.860
MICE-DURR(EN) −0.852 0.548 0.412 0.894 0.695 −0.474 0.541 0.386 0.372 0.935 −0.688 0.550 0.411 0.641 0.845
MICE-DURR(Alasso) −0.844 0.566 0.349 0.834 0.785 −0.486 0.563 0.351 0.359 0.945 −0.701 0.570 0.374 0.631 0.870
MICE-IURR(Lasso) −0.094 0.668 0.690 0.483 0.930 −0.080 0.669 0.729 0.536 0.885 −0.068 0.661 0.703 0.496 0.925
MICE-IURR(EN) −0.092 0.653 0.701 0.498 0.935 −0.074 0.667 0.724 0.527 0.910 −0.069 0.647 0.705 0.499 0.915
MICE-IURR(Alasso) −0.091 0.720 0.744 0.559 0.940 −0.076 0.710 0.790 0.626 0.880 −0.123 0.719 0.761 0.592 0.920
p = 1000
MICE-DURR(Lasso) −0.809 0.560 0.392 0.807 0.715 −0.534 0.558 0.445 0.482 0.905 −0.713 0.568 0.437 0.698 0.825
MICE-DURR(EN) −0.806 0.560 0.398 0.808 0.710 −0.530 0.560 0.458 0.490 0.920 −0.711 0.568 0.433 0.693 0.815
MICE-DURR(Alasso) −0.803 0.567 0.354 0.770 0.755 −0.544 0.565 0.409 0.463 0.905 −0.730 0.577 0.379 0.676 0.840
MICE-IURR(Lasso) 0.058 0.677 0.836 0.698 0.860 −0.040 0.676 0.811 0.656 0.890 −0.197 0.677 0.752 0.601 0.905
MICE-IURR(EN) 0.073 0.664 0.808 0.655 0.850 −0.041 0.667 0.800 0.638 0.890 −0.192 0.670 0.739 0.581 0.885
MICE-IURR(Alasso) −0.036 0.793 0.912 0.829 0.865 −0.209 0.783 0.852 0.765 0.885 −0.335 0.779 0.792 0.737 0.910
q = 20 GS 0.014 0.521 0.500 0.249 0.950 −0.008 0.523 0.550 0.301 0.920 −0.023 0.527 0.506 0.255 0.970
CC −0.352 0.525 0.536 0.410 0.855 −0.357 0.529 0.541 0.418 0.875 −0.387 0.533 0.520 0.419 0.890
MI-true −0.077 0.689 0.593 0.356 0.965 −0.047 0.688 0.675 0.456 0.920 −0.092 0.692 0.628 0.401 0.965
p = 200
MICE-RF −0.390 0.717 0.427 0.333 0.990 −0.286 0.708 0.466 0.298 0.985 −0.412 0.721 0.382 0.315 0.995
KNN-V −0.450 0.685 0.530 0.482 0.950 −0.214 0.697 0.561 0.359 0.970 −0.441 0.703 0.469 0.413 0.980
KNN-S −0.352 0.525 0.536 0.410 0.855 −0.357 0.529 0.541 0.418 0.875 −0.387 0.533 0.520 0.419 0.890
MICE-DURR(Lasso) −0.491 0.631 0.451 0.444 0.955 −0.329 0.633 0.486 0.343 0.970 −0.532 0.644 0.421 0.459 0.975
MICE-DURR(EN) −0.489 0.631 0.455 0.445 0.920 −0.340 0.627 0.486 0.351 0.970 −0.518 0.641 0.401 0.428 0.970
MICE-DURR(Alasso) −0.481 0.655 0.425 0.412 0.940 −0.348 0.653 0.452 0.325 0.975 −0.529 0.668 0.377 0.422 0.960
MICE-IURR(Lasso) −0.022 0.678 0.729 0.530 0.905 −0.024 0.684 0.752 0.563 0.870 −0.057 0.683 0.689 0.475 0.905
MICE-IURR(EN) −0.023 0.666 0.695 0.481 0.920 −0.022 0.670 0.730 0.531 0.855 −0.036 0.675 0.674 0.453 0.925
MICE-IURR(Alasso) −0.144 0.731 0.721 0.539 0.910 −0.103 0.719 0.764 0.591 0.895 −0.181 0.720 0.718 0.546 0.955
p = 1000
MICE-DURR(Lasso) −0.436 0.640 0.415 0.361 0.978 −0.399 0.628 0.490 0.396 0.956 −0.458 0.640 0.393 0.363 0.989
MICE-DURR(EN) −0.459 0.631 0.437 0.399 0.978 −0.375 0.626 0.492 0.380 0.967 −0.460 0.636 0.407 0.375 1.000
MICE-DURR(Alasso) −0.450 0.651 0.419 0.376 0.978 −0.387 0.642 0.482 0.380 0.978 −0.487 0.655 0.384 0.382 0.989
MICE-IURR(Lasso) 0.012 0.682 0.750 0.556 0.900 0.004 0.660 0.712 0.502 0.956 −0.079 0.687 0.630 0.398 0.933
MICE-IURR(EN) 0.020 0.672 0.738 0.539 0.878 0.018 0.662 0.725 0.521 0.911 −0.086 0.653 0.660 0.438 0.933
MICE-IURR(Alasso) −0.204 0.766 0.767 0.624 0.878 −0.135 0.745 0.778 0.617 0.889 −0.318 0.737 0.666 0.540 0.911

Bias, mean bias; SE, mean standard error; SD, Monte Carlo standard deviation; MSE, mean square error; CR, coverage rate of 95% confidence interval; GS, gold standard; CC, complete-case; KNN-V, KNN by nearest variables; KNN-S, KNN by nearest subjects; MICE-DURR, MICE through direct use of regularized regressions; MICE-IURR, MICE through indirect use of regularized regressions; EN, elastic net; Alasso, adaptive lasso.