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. 2020 Mar 30;20:72. doi: 10.1186/s12874-020-00948-6

Table 1.

Empirical coverage of 95% confidence intervals for the treatment group mean after multiple imputation by PMM

ICC Cluster size Clusters PMM PMM PMM PMM PMM PMM
ρ m k FE dist RE draw avg IGN
0.03 4 100 99.0 98.2 98.7 95.1 95.4 95.5
8 10 99.5 98.1 98.1 97.5 96.7 97.1
20 98.4 96.6 96.8 94.9 94.9 95.2
40 98.9 97.8 97.5 95.6 95.3 95.4
40 10 98.9 98.4 98.9 96.1 94.9 94.4
20 98.3 98.0 98.1 94.5 92.3 91.7
40 98.0 98.0 98.2 94.0 92.1 91.0
400 4 97.5 97.3 98.1 96.2 95.5 89.9
0.08 4 100 98.7 98.6 98.2 94.9 94.8 95.0
8 10 98.9 97.5 98.0 96.7 95.0 96.0
20 97.9 97.1 96.9 93.9 92.3 93.6
40 98.9 98.7 98.2 95.0 93.7 94.2
40 10 97.9 97.7 98.7 95.3 93.9 90.2
20 97.6 97.4 97.6 93.8 92.8 86.9
40 97.5 97.3 97.8 94.2 92.5 88.0
400 4 96.7 96.6 97.6 96.2 96.2 86.1

Bolded values indicate coverage rates below 95%.

Italicized values indicate coverage rates above 95%.

Missing data were generated completely at random (MCAR) with a response rate of 60%, and data were imputed using an imputation model that correctly specified the covariate effects.