Table 1.

Combination of scenarios used in the two different simulations (estimation process [EP] and scale‐of‐choice effect [SCE])

Simulation	Choice	N pair	D max	Distribution	Ngroup	CV	SD	N Scenarios
EP	0–1 step 0.1	30, 100, 1,000	1, 5, 10	0, 1, 2, 3	—	—	—	396
SCE	0–1 step 0.1	20, 100, 500	1	0	10, 100	0–1 step 0.1	0.1, 0.3, 0.45	2,178

N _pair is number of pairs simulated, D _max the maximum possible difference in the population for the trait. Distribution represents four distinct scenarios for mean and variance of the trait across sexes. For the SCE simulation, N _group is the number of subgroups simulated, CV the coefficient of variation expected across the simulated subgroups and SD the standard deviation within those groups. Finally, N scenarios are the number of combinations of scenarios in each simulation. Each combination was replicated 1,000 times.