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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Epidemiology. 2020 Nov;31(6):815–822. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000001252

Table 3:

Type I error rate for the different estimators of the ATT. Data is simulated using 4 pre-treatment observations and a covariate associated with the outcome level. Here, μ0 =0, μ1 = 2, ρ = 0.5, and σ2 = 1. When varying γ1, βx = 1. When varying β1, γ1 = 1.

Type I Error Rate: Varying γ1
Type I Error Rate: Varying βx
γ1 Unmatched SC NN1 NN2 βx Unmatched SC NN1 NN2
0.00 0.05 0.27 0.06 0.03 0.0 0.05 0.30 0.05 0.04
1.00 0.04 0.37 0.05 0.05 0.5 0.05 0.32 0.05 0.04
2.00 0.06 0.36 0.06 0.05 1.0 0.05 0.38 0.05 0.05
3.00 0.06 0.36 0.05 0.05 1.5 0.05 0.36 0.06 0.05
4.00 0.05 0.39 0.05 0.05 2.0 0.04 0.35 0.04 0.03