Table 6.

Results of the simulation study when n = 3000, the binary responses have correlation 0.05 and where the actual values of α all = 1:00. Here Estimate is the mean of the estimates, Estimated se is the mean of the estimated standard errors, Actual se is the actual standard deviation of the estimates, and Coverage is the actual coverage of a nominal 95% confidence interval. The actual estimates α̂ were normalized to sum to 12.

	Mean	Estimated se	Actual se	Coverage
Total Fruit	1.03	0.32	0.34	93.00
Whole Fruit	1.04	0.55	0.59	95.40
Total Grains	1.00	0.55	0.58	95.00
Whole Grains	0.99	0.37	0.38	94.10
Total Vegetables	1.01	0.44	0.45	94.20
DOL Vegetables	0.99	0.38	0.38	94.90
Dairy	1.01	0.27	0.28	95.10
Meat and Beans	1.01	0.29	0.31	94.00
Oils	1.00	0.28	0.29	94.10
Sodium	0.98	0.35	0.37	94.30
Saturated Fat	0.98	0.40	0.42	94.20
Empty Calories	0.96	0.46	0.47	94.40