TABLE 4.
Simulated biases and root mean squared errors of the estimators for the log hazard ratios (γ = 0.5)
Simulated bias |
Root mean squared error |
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True log hazard ratios: θ1 = θ2 = θ3 = θ4 = 0.0198 | ||||||||||
All | 1 | 0.0423 | 0.0537 | 0.0142 | 0.0012 | 0.1469 | 0.1653 | 0.1514 | 0.1845 | |
2 | 0.0406 | 0.0518 | 0.0126 | −0.0006 | 0.1466 | 0.1655 | 0.1513 | 0.1856 | ||
3 | 0.0422 | 0.0531 | 0.0145 | 0.0012 | 0.1472 | 0.1654 | 0.1516 | 0.1846 | ||
4 | 0.0419 | 0.0529 | 0.0142 | 0.0010 | 0.1472 | 0.1655 | 0.1515 | 0.1846 | ||
1, 2, and 3 | 1 | 0.0235 | 0.0289 | 0.0101 | 0.0050 | 0.1322 | 0.1455 | 0.1501 | 0.1939 | |
2 | 0.0192 | 0.0237 | 0.0039 | −0.0048 | 0.1324 | 0.1450 | 0.1508 | 0.1947 | ||
3 | 0.0221 | 0.0277 | 0.0075 | 0.0013 | 0.1314 | 0.1442 | 0.1502 | 0.1945 | ||
1 and 2 | 1 | 0.0235 | 0.0274 | 0.0074 | 0.0015 | 0.1181 | 0.1268 | 0.1339 | 0.1595 | |
2 | 0.0237 | 0.0278 | 0.0079 | 0.0022 | 0.1182 | 0.1266 | 0.1338 | 0.1584 | ||
1 | 1 | 0.0214 | 0.0241 | 0.0028 | −0.0008 | 0.0927 | 0.0969 | 0.1043 | 0.1141 | |
True log hazard ratios: θ1 = −0.2231, θ2 = −0.0953, θ3 = 0.3365, θ4 = 0.4055 | ||||||||||
All | 1 | 0.0765 | 0.0964 | 0.0271 | 0.0010 | 0.1676 | 0.1915 | 0.1656 | 0.2084 | |
2 | 0.0697 | 0.0889 | 0.0226 | −0.0017 | 0.1602 | 0.1834 | 0.1600 | 0.2020 | ||
3 | 0.0613 | 0.0767 | 0.0213 | 0.0004 | 0.1475 | 0.1681 | 0.1479 | 0.1855 | ||
4 | 0.0597 | 0.0746 | 0.0209 | 0.0010 | 0.1462 | 0.1646 | 0.1460 | 0.1797 | ||
1, 2, and 3 | 1 | 0.0274 | 0.0334 | 0.0088 | 0.0002 | 0.1392 | 0.1532 | 0.1552 | 0.1948 | |
2 | 0.0265 | 0.0332 | 0.0086 | 0.0014 | 0.1367 | 0.1500 | 0.1516 | 0.1891 | ||
3 | 0.0240 | 0.0295 | 0.0087 | 0.0026 | 0.1276 | 0.1389 | 0.1401 | 0.1712 | ||
1 and 2 | 1 | −0.0098 | −0.0114 | −0.0017 | 0.0015 | 0.1207 | 0.1295 | 0.1353 | 0.1573 | |
2 | −0.0107 | −0.0123 | −0.0030 | −0.0003 | 0.1190 | 0.1276 | 0.1332 | 0.1540 | ||
1 | 1 | −0.0128 | −0.0138 | −0.0008 | 0.0019 | 0.0942 | 0.0983 | 0.1059 | 0.1149 | |
True log hazard ratios: θ1 = −0.4055, θ2 = −0.2231, θ3 = −0.0953, θ4 = 0 | ||||||||||
All | 1 | 0.0056 | 0.0063 | 0.0010 | −0.0018 | 0.1504 | 0.1681 | 0.1534 | 0.1752 | |
2 | 0.0062 | 0.0074 | 0.0020 | 0.0000 | 0.1460 | 0.1633 | 0.1485 | 0.1694 | ||
3 | 0.0068 | 0.0085 | 0.0027 | 0.0013 | 0.1426 | 0.1592 | 0.1451 | 0.1653 | ||
4 | 0.0057 | 0.0072 | 0.0017 | 0.0004 | 0.1401 | 0.1567 | 0.1426 | 0.1624 | ||
1, 2, and 3 | 1 | −0.0671 | −0.0805 | −0.0245 | −0.0014 | 0.1498 | 0.1658 | 0.1573 | 0.2004 | |
2 | −0.0624 | −0.0769 | −0.0221 | −0.0038 | 0.1454 | 0.1619 | 0.1519 | 0.1928 | ||
3 | −0.0574 | −0.0678 | −0.0189 | 0.0035 | 0.1396 | 0.1551 | 0.1468 | 0.1860 | ||
1 and 2 | 1 | −0.0652 | −0.0769 | −0.0190 | −0.0033 | 0.1348 | 0.1488 | 0.1363 | 0.1613 | |
2 | −0.0611 | −0.0730 | −0.0167 | −0.0030 | 0.1291 | 0.1414 | 0.1306 | 0.1532 | ||
1 | 1 | −0.0471 | −0.0523 | −0.0109 | −0.0046 | 0.1001 | 0.1044 | 0.1007 | 0.1067 |