Table 4

Empirical power based on 2000 runs for testing θ1 = θ2 using the LRT and Wald test for n = 50 subjects.

n = 50
(ρ1, ρ2) = (0.7,0.5)
(θ1, θ2) = (0.1,0.2)
(ρ1, ρ2) = (0.6, 0.5)
(θ1, θ2) = (0.15,0.2)
(ρ1, ρ2) = (0.5, 0.4)
(θ1, θ2) = (0.2, 0.3)

     ρ12
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.1
0.2
0.3
m = 2









     Wald
0.99
0.98
0.99
0.47
0.50
0.49
0.75
0.72
0.74
     LRT
0.99
0.99
0.99
0.49
0.52
0.51
0.77
0.77
0.78
m = 3









     Wald
1.00
1.00
1.00
0.76
0.77
0.78
0.94
0.95
0.95
     LRT
1.00
1.00
1.00
0.79
0.78
0.79
0.95
0.95
0.96
m = 5









     Wald
1.00
1.00
1.00
0.94
0.93
0.95
1.00
0.99
1.00
     LRT
1.00
1.00
1.00
0.95
0.95
0.96
1.00
0.99
1.00

Shoukri et al. BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008 8:24   doi:10.1186/1471-2288-8-24