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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Methodology (Gott). 2016 Dec 5;12(4):107–116. doi: 10.1027/1614-2241/a000114

Table 1.

Distal Outcome Distribution Scenarios Used in Simulations

True Response Probability P(Y=1|C) in
Binary Outcome Scenario
Effect Size High Class Medium Class Low Class

Large 0.800 0.500 0.200
Small 0.550 0.500 0.450

True Response Mean E(Y|C) and Standard Deviation in
Homoskedastic Normal Outcome Scenario
Effect Size High Class Medium Class Low Class

Large 0.30 (1.00) 0.00 (1.00) −0.30 (1.00)
Small 0.10 (1.00) 0.00 (1.00) −0.10 (1.00)

True Response Mean E(Y|C) and Standard Deviation in
Heteroskedastic Normal Outcome Scenario
Effect Size High Class Medium Class Low Class

Large 0.60 (3.00) 0.00 (1.00) −0.60 (1.00)
Small 0.20 (3.00) 0.00 (1.00) −0.20 (1.00)

True Response Mean E(Y|C) and Standard Deviation in
Exponential Skewed Outcome Scenario
Effect Size High Class Medium Class Low Class

Large 1.80 (1.80) 1.40 (1.40) 1.00 (1.00)
Small 1.20 (1.20) 1.10 (1.10) 1.00 (1.00)