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. 2017 Mar 22;7(9):2883–2893. doi: 10.1002/ece3.2835

Table 2.

Summary of results obtained under the estimation process simulation for the three statistics (Pearson's r, C scaled, and C rough)

N pair D max Distr. Pearson's r C scaled C rough
Slope Mean Slope Mean Slope Mean
30 1 0 0.96 0.64 1.07 0.46 0.26 0.54
1 0.96 0.64 1.09 0.48 0.28 0.55
2 0.95 0.65 1.07 0.46 0.30 0.56
3 0.96 0.65 1.09 0.46 0.30 0.56
5 0 0.96 0.64 1.09 0.46 0.27 0.54
1 0.96 0.64 1.04 0.44 0.28 0.55
2 0.95 0.66 1.12 0.47 0.30 0.56
3 0.95 0.65 1.11 0.47 0.30 0.56
10 0 0.96 0.64 1.12 0.48 0.26 0.54
1 0.96 0.64 1.12 0.46 0.28 0.55
2 0.95 0.65 1.09 0.46 0.29 0.55
3 0.95 0.65 1.15 0.49 0.29 0.55
Averaged ± SD 0.95 ± 0.005 0.65 ± 0.007 1.10 ± 0.031 0.47 ± 0.013 0.28 ± 0.014 0.55 ± 0.005
100 1 0 0.99 0.61 1.08 0.44 0.36 0.61
1 0.99 0.60 1.08 0.45 0.36 0.61
2 0.99 0.60 1.08 0.44 0.36 0.61
3 0.99 0.60 1.08 0.45 0.36 0.61
5 0 0.99 0.60 1.05 0.43 0.35 0.61
1 0.99 0.60 1.05 0.43 0.35 0.61
2 0.99 0.60 1.04 0.43 0.36 0.61
3 0.98 0.61 1.08 0.44 0.36 0.61
10 0 0.99 0.60 1.07 0.42 0.36 0.61
1 0.98 0.61 1.08 0.43 0.36 0.61
2 0.99 0.61 1.08 0.43 0.36 0.61
3 0.99 0.61 1.04 0.42 0.36 0.61
Averaged ± SD 0.99 ± 0.001 0.60 ± 0.001 1.07 ± 0.018 0.43 ± 0.010 0.35 ± 0.023 0.61 ± 0.001
1,000 1 0 0.99 0.53 1.06 0.42 0.40 0.66
1 0.99 0.53 1.06 0.42 0.40 0.66
2 0.99 0.53 1.06 0.42 0.40 0.66
3 0.99 0.53 1.06 0.42 0.40 0.66
5 0 0.99 0.53 1.05 0.41 0.39 0.66
1 0.99 0.53 1.06 0.41 0.40 0.66
2 0.99 0.53 1.06 0.41 0.39 0.66
3 0.99 0.53 1.06 0.41 0.39 0.66
10 0 0.99 0.53 1.06 0.41 0.40 0.66
1 0.99 0.53 1.05 0.41 0.40 0.66
2 0.99 0.53 1.06 0.41 0.40 0.66
3 0.99 0.53 1.06 0.41 0.40 0.66
Averaged ± SD 0.99 ± 0.001 0.53 ± 0.000 1.06 ± 0.004 0.41 ± 0.003 0.40 ± 0.001 0.66 ± 0.001

N pair, D max, and Distribution (Distr.) as in Table 1. The regression coefficient b of the true choice simulated against the estimate (Slope) is given, as well as the mean of the estimates across the full set of choices simulated (expected value 0.5).