Table 3:

Simulation results for estimation of Δ_S(w) and R_S(w) in Settings 5 and 6 where W is discrete when n₁ = 2000 and n₀ = 1500; ESE = empirical standard error, ASE = average standard error; Coverage = coverage of the 95% confidence intervals

Setting 5
	ΔS(w)			RS(w)
w	0	1	2	0	1	2
Truth	4.400	7.400	10.400	0.780	0.745	0.726
Estimate	4.460	7.482	10.531	0.777	0.742	0.723
Bias	−0.060	−0.082	−0.131	0.003	0.003	0.004
ESE	0.249	0.294	0.347	0.014	0.012	0.011
ASE	0.254	0.289	0.352	0.014	0.011	0.010
Coverage	0.944	0.940	0.930	0.964	0.940	0.920
Setting 6 (no heterogeneity)
	ΔS(w)			RS(w)
w	0	1	2	0	1	2
Truth	6.000	6.000	6.000	0.500	0.500	0.500
Estimate	6.033	6.021	6.029	0.496	0.497	0.496
Bias	−0.033	−0.021	−0.029	0.004	0.003	0.004
ESE	0.211	0.216	0.207	0.025	0.025	0.027
ASE	0.211	0.212	0.211	0.026	0.026	0.026
Coverage	0.950	0.944	0.954	0.964	0.964	0.942