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

Table 3.

Empirical coverage of 95% confidence intervals for β2 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 91.5 94.4 94.0 95.1 94.5 94.7
8 10 94.5 94.1 94.9 95.1 93.5 94.7
20 92.6 93.8 93.7 93.9 93.2 94.2
40 93.1 93.8 94.7 94.8 94.0 95.1
40 10 97.3 96.1 97.0 97.0 94.3 97.3
20 95.8 93.7 94.6 95.1 91.7 95.1
40 95.4 94.8 94.8 94.6 92.1 95.3
400 4 100 100 100 100 99.7 100
0.08 4 100 91.8 94.2 93.2 95.4 93.8 94.8
8 10 94.0 94.3 94.5 95.0 92.5 94.8
20 92.4 93.3 94.3 94.5 91.9 94.0
40 93.3 92.7 93.8 95 92.2 95.0
40 10 97.3 96.5 97 96.8 93.0 97.3
20 95.5 94.5 95.5 94.8 90.4 95.2
40 95.2 95.1 94.9 94.8 91.2 95.6
400 4 100 100 100 100 100 100
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.