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Table 1 Parameter estimates from simulation of log transformed random variables from negative binomial distribution with size = (0.03 and 0.08) and mean = 100

From: Parasite threshold associated with clinical malaria in areas of different transmission intensities in north eastern Tanzania

   

size = 0.03 and mean = 100

size = 0.1 and mean = 100

Parameters

Model 1

Model 2

Model1

Model 2

α

β

τ

RMSE

Bias

RMSE

Bias

RMSE

Bias

RMSE

Bias

0.00

0.50

4.40

6.28

2.00

1.88

4.39

0.54

0.01

4.77

0.38

0.37

4.39

0.35

0.01

0.00

0.50

5.10

6.88

1.93

1.78

5.07

0.58

0.03

5.91

0.82

0.81

5.08

0.40

0.02

0.00

0.50

6.00

7.81

1.95

1.81

6.10

0.64

0.10

6.85

0.88

0.85

5.99

0.45

0.01

0.00

0.50

9.00

9.94

1.13

0.94

9.05

0.71

0.05

9.79

0.95

0.79

9.05

0.59

0.05

0.00

1.00

4.40

5.77

1.46

1.37

4.44

0.35

0.04

4.79

0.40

0.39

4.41

0.23

0.01

0.00

1.00

5.10

6.42

1.40

1.31

5.09

0.38

0.01

5.91

0.82

0.81

5.10

0.23

0.00

0.00

1.00

6.00

7.25

1.33

1.25

6.00

0.38

0.00

6.88

0.90

0.88

5.99

0.23

0.01

0.00

1.00

9.00

9.84

0.96

0.84

9.00

0.43

0.00

9.68

0.75

0.68

9.04

0.30

0.04

0.00

2.00

4.40

5.18

0.87

0.78

4.45

0.26

0.05

4.79

0.39

0.39

4.42

0.14

0.01

0.00

2.00

5.10

5.93

0.88

0.83

5.12

0.28

0.02

5.82

0.74

0.72

5.10

0.15

0.00

0.00

2.00

6.00

6.79

0.84

0.78

6.03

0.28

0.03

6.72

0.75

0.72

5.99

0.16

0.01

0.00

2.00

9.00

9.64

0.70

0.64

9.02

0.33

0.02

9.52

0.56

0.52

9.00

0.20

0.00

-1.00

0.50

4.40

6.66

2.36

2.26

4.41

0.47

0.01

4.79

0.40

0.39

4.38

0.35

0.02

-1.00

0.50

5.10

7.29

2.29

2.19

5.08

0.49

0.02

5.94

0.85

0.84

5.09

0.36

0.01

-1.00

0.50

6.00

7.90

2.01

1.90

5.98

0.56

0.02

6.90

0.91

0.90

6.01

0.40

0.01

-1.00

0.50

9.00

10.00

1.19

1.00

9.06

0.74

0.06

9.81

1.01

0.81

9.01

0.60

0.01

-1.00

1.00

4.40

5.98

1.63

1.58

4.41

0.30

0.01

4.80

0.40

0.40

4.42

0.19

0.01

-1.00

1.00

5.10

6.66

1.62

1.56

5.11

0.32

0.01

5.96

0.86

0.86

5.10

0.20

0.00

-1.00

1.00

6.00

7.50

1.56

1.50

5.99

0.35

0.01

6.94

0.94

0.94

6.00

0.21

0.00

-1.00

1.00

9.00

10.00

1.08

1.00

9.01

0.44

0.01

9.77

0.84

0.77

8.96

0.35

0.04

-1.00

2.00

4.40

5.37

1.01

0.97

4.42

0.22

0.01

4.80

0.40

0.40

4.41

0.14

0.01

-1.00

2.00

5.10

6.07

1.01

0.97

5.11

0.24

0.01

5.92

0.83

0.82

5.11

0.14

0.01

-1.00

2.00

6.00

6.92

0.96

0.92

6.01

0.23

0.01

6.86

0.87

0.86

6.00

0.14

0.00

-1.00

2.00

9.00

9.72

0.77

0.72

8.98

0.25

0.02

9.60

0.63

0.59

9.01

0.15

0.01