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Table 9 Autocorrelation coefficient estimates (REML estimates of -1 and 1 are excluded, PW estimates < -1 are excluded)

From: Comparison of six statistical methods for interrupted time series studies: empirical evaluation of 190 published series

Statistical method

Autocorrelation coefficient (ρ) estimate

All available datasets

Series with ≥ 24 points

Series with ≥ 100 points

N

median (IQR)

N

median (IQR)

N

median (IQR)

ARIMA

189

0.04 (-0.15,0.30)

154

0.07 (-0.10,0.36)

31

0.19 (0.04,0.54)

PW

186

0.05 (-0.14,0.33)

155

0.07 (-0.10,0.38)

31

0.19 (0.04,0.54)

REML

175

0.20 (-0.01,0.54)

147

0.20 (-0.01,0.53)

31

0.23 (0.08,0.57)

Restricted to datasets where all methods can be compared

ARIMA

171

0.05 (-0.14,0.30)

147

0.06 (-0.11,0.35)

31

0.19 (0.04,0.54)

PW

171

0.05 (-0.14,0.31)

147

0.07 (-0.11,0.35)

31

0.19 (0.04,0.54)

REML

171

0.20 (-0.01,0.54)

147

0.20 (-0.01,0.53)

31

0.23 (0.08,0.57)