Table 2.

Mean error rates for each sampling method under 5 s, 50 s and 500 interval lengths for the response duration simulation.

Simulation parameters	Sampling parameters	Proportion of time event occurs	Mean error	Lower 95% percentile of error	Upper 95% percentile of error
One-zero
3	5	0.005	0.006	0.003	0.010
3	50	0.005	0.082	0.078	0.092
3	500	0.005	0.684	0.495	0.745
30	5	0.050	0.007	0.004	0.008
30	50	0.050	0.008	0.047	0.103
30	500	0.050	0.659	0.450	0.825
300	5	0.500	0.007	0.003	0.008
300	50	0.500	0.082	0.069	0.083
300	500	0.500	0.426	0.375	0.500
Pinpoint
3	5	0.005	< 0.001	− 0.002	0.003
3	50	0.005	0.001	− 0.005	0.023
3	500	0.005	0.002	− 0.005	0.120
30	5	0.050	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
30	50	0.050	− 0.004	− 0.036	0.019
30	500	0.050	− 0.015	− 0.050	0.200
300	5	0.500	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
300	50	0.500	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
300	500	0.500	− 0.075	− 0.250	0.125