Table 4 The variance in estimation of the comparison of interest, \(\text {Var}(\hat{\mu }_{L,G})\), using the best connecting trial when the comparison of interest is L to G compared to the variance using a direct trial of L to G
\(\text {Var}(\hat{\mu }_{L,G})\) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
n | Best Connecting Trial | Direct Trial | |
6 | DJ-G | 4.5914 | 11.7115 |
8 | H-G | 3.7483 | 8.7837 |
10 | H-G | 3.2414 | 7.0269 |
12 | H-G | 2.9035 | 5.8558 |
14 | H-G | 2.6621 | 5.0192 |
16 | H-G | 2.4811 | 4.3918 |
18 | H-G | 2.3403 | 3.9038 |
20 | N-G | 2.2273 | 3.5135 |
50 | L-G | 1.4054 | 1.4054 |
100 | L-G | 0.7027 | 0.7027 |
200 | L-G | 0.3513 | 0.3513 |
500 | L-G | 0.1405 | 0.1405 |
1000 | L-G | 0.0703 | 0.0703 |