Table 4.

Weighted NPMLEs for the proportional odds model in comparison to Fine (2001). Censorings uniformly distributed on [a, b], with [τ ] denoting administrative censoring at τ. Bias),%) deviation from true parameter (absolute values and in %), SE) empirical standard error, SEE) sandwich estimator, Cov) coverage probability of 0.95 confidence intervals for the sandwich estimator.

		weighted NPMLE					Fine (2001)
size	[a, b]	Bias	%	SE	SEE	Cov	Bias	%	SE	SEE	Cov
50	[τ]	0.010	2.0	0.285	0.276	0.942	0.029	5.8	0.409	0.377	0.955
150	[τ]	0.003	0.7	0.163	0.159	0.940	0.017	3.4	0.205	0.197	0.938
50	[0.75, 1.5]	0.009	1.8	0.310	0.289	0.938	0.093	18.6	0.567	0.482	0.956
150	[0.75, 1.5]	0.003	0.7	0.165	0.164	0.948	0.036	7.2	0.239	0.230	0.954