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Study 2: Stage 1 Average Estimates and Percent Bias for Specific Indirect Effects
| N | 50 | 100 | 200 | 500 | 1,000 | 2,000 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noise excluded | Estimate | 0.367 | 0.371 | 0.399 | 0.420 | 0.436 | 0.447 |
| Percent bias | 22.9% | 22.1% | 16.2% | 11.8% | 8.4% | 6.1% | |
| Noise included | Estimate | 0.403 | 0.403 | 0.413 | 0.440 | 0.449 | 0.453 |
| Percent bias | 15.4% | 15.4% | 13.2% | 7.6% | 5.7% | 4.9% | |
Note. Population value is 0.4761. Results separated by whether XMed was able to successfully exclude noise variables or whether some were included.
