Table 1

Estimated coverage probabilities under the VST. The nominal level is 95%. (θ = 0.04)

k

ρ

n


2

3

5


0.3

0.929

0.934

0.947

0.4

0.943

0.937

0.930

12

0.6

0.943

0.948

0.938

0.7

0.941

0.943

0.934

0.8

0.939

0.931

0.941

0.3

0.961

0.946

0.949

0.4

0.942

0.946

0.953

25

0.6

0.939

0.935

0.969

0.7

0.946

0.936

0.948

0.8

0.936

0.936

0.940

0.3

0.956

0.954

0.949

0.4

0.945

0.939

0.950

50

0.6

0.952

0.955

0.934

0.7

0.953

0.948

0.940

0.8

0.950

0.935

0.937

0.3

0.948

0.948

0.944

0.4

0.956

0.955

0.955

75

0.6

0.952

0.943

0.949

0.7

0.945

0.944

0.930

0.8

0.946

0.945

0.946


Shoukri et al. BMC Medical Research Methodology 2006 6:24   doi:10.1186/1471-2288-6-24

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