Table III.

Goodness of fit measures for each main simulation scenario.

Scenario	QIC	QICu	GIC	rMSE between observed and GEE	rMSE between observed and LME	rMSE between GEE and LME
1	6419.43	36404.92	−662.02	0.017	0.026	0.012
2	8814.88	38800.08	5221.68	0.020	0.025	0.007
3	10250.37	40235.77	8154.83	0.021	0.025	0.005
4	12827.93	72813.32	−1475.19	0.017	0.026	0.012
5	17617.23	77602.40	10301.11	0.020	0.025	0.007
6	20487.95	80473.24	16163.43	0.017	0.026	0.012
7	9706.82	54692.24	−744.60	0.019	0.029	0.013
8	13284.88	58270.00	7951.46	0.022	0.028	0.007
9	15422.16	60407.40	12288.01	0.023	0.028	0.005
10	19370.19	109355.53	−1735.48	0.019	0.029	0.013
11	26529.17	116514.22	15693.84	0.022	0.028	0.007
12	30812.37	120797.56	24390.93	0.023	0.028	0.005
13	4185.00	34169.87	−8715.24	0.034	0.035	0.002
14	6836.16	36821.87	760.28	0.033	0.034	0.001
15	8409.78	38395.71	4806.69	0.033	0.033	0.001
16	8344.68	68329.38	−17671.79	0.034	0.035	0.002
17	13664.22	73649.81	1376.77	0.033	0.034	0.001
18	16803.39	76789.22	9458.34	0.033	0.033	0.001
19	6301.05	51285.78	−13023.73	0.035	0.037	0.002
20	10285.48	55271.04	1158.48	0.035	0.036	0.001
21	12637.74	57623.55	7198.10	0.034	0.035	0.001
22	12561.49	102546.07	−26325.26	0.035	0.037	0.002
23	20523.88	110509.37	2080.96	0.035	0.036	0.001
24	25230.50	115216.21	14179.06	0.034	0.035	0.001