Table 1:
Means of parameter estimates for
with its standard derivation (SD) and mean length (ML) of the confidence region, when the estimation method are empirical likelihood (EL) and general estimation equation (GEE), respectively.
EL
GEE
Mean
CI (95% level)
Mean
CI (95% level)
10
0.8001
(0.7851, 0.8151)
0.8001
(0.7834, 0.8177)
−0.0398
(−0.0414, −0.0382)
−0.0398
(−0.0420, −0.0378)
−0.2003
(−0.2049, −0.1956)
−0.2003
(−0.2059, −0.1946)
50
0.8001
(0.7951, 0.8051)
0.8001
(0.7841, 0.8160)
−0.0401
(−0.0405, −0.0395)
−0.0401
(−0.0410, −0.0389)
−0.2000
(−0.2016, −0.1984)
−0.2000
(−0.2029, −0.1973)
100
0.8001
(0.7966, 0.8036)
0.8001
(0.7908, 0.8094)
−0.0400
(−0.0403, −0.0397)
−0.0400
(−0.0404, −0.0395)
−0.2000
(−0.2011, −0.1989)
−0.2000
(−0.2023, −0.1984)