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Table 1 Simulation Study Comparing BNSV, CLM, Frailty and GLMM Models: Posterior Mean Marginal Slope Estimates, Bias (Relative Bias), Variance and Mean Squared Error (MSE)

From: A Bayesian natural cubic B-spline varying coefficient method for non-ignorable dropout

 

Normal (i)

Normal (ii)

Method

Slope

Bias

Var.

MSE

Slope

Bias

Var.

MSE

BNSV

-0.64

0.06(9%)

0.01

0.02

0.35

-0.002 (-1%)

0.01

0.01

CLM

-0.45

0.25 (36%)

0.003

0.06

0.30

-0.05 (-14%)

0.03

0.03

Frailty

-0.52

0.19 (27%)

0.004

0.04

0.16

-0.19 (-54%)

0.01

0.04

GLMM

-0.21

0.49 (70%)

0.001

0.24

0.65

0.31(89%)

0.002

0.10

 

Binary (i)

Binary (ii)

Method

Slope

Bias

Var.

MSE

Slope

Bias

Var.

MSE

BNSV

7.49

0.13 (2%)

0.19

0.20

6.67

-0.05 (-1%)

0.17

0.18

CLM

8.02

0.66 (9%)

0.11

0.54

6.47

-0.24 (-4%)

0.14

0.20

Frailty

8.14

0.78 (11%)

0.14

0.75

6.04

-0.96 (-14%)

0.18

1.11

GLMM

9.09

1.74 (24%)

0.09

3.11

8.56

1.85 (28%)

0.14

3.55