Table 1 Simulation results for simulation studies 1, 2, 3, and 4 with number of replicates 4, 5, and 6, respectively

1

4

1.34

10.32

194.92

0.0000

0.0518

0.0484

0.6141

0.6038

0.8332

(1.34)

(10.92)

(207.26)

(0.0000)

(0.0619)

(0.0287)

(0.0117)

(0.0102)

(0.0093)

5

1.04

6.32

294.38

0.0100

0.0291

0.0409

0.6105

0.5946

0.8541

(1.06)

(6.60)

(307.54)

(0.0707)

(0.0591)

(0.0155)

(0.0122)

(0.0117)

(0.0083)

6

0.96

4.62

361.04

0.0000

0.0445

0.0420

0.6053

0.5839

0.8676

(0.96)

(4.80)

(377.26)

(0.0000)

(0.1230)

(0.0138)

(0.0107)

(0.0097)

(0.0075)

2

4

0.60

2.82

26.44

0.0000

0.0632

0.0192

0.5771

0.5925

0.7554

(0.60)

(3.08)

(27.46)

(0.0000)

(0.1295)

(0.0310)

(0.0122)

(0.0094)

(0.0112)

5

0.50

1.76

86.90

0.0200

0.0857

0.0313

0.5675

0.5804

0.7698

(0.52)

(2.04)

(89.88)

(0.1414)

(0.2062)

(0.0220)

(0.0109)

(0.0100)

(0.0076)

6

0.16

1.08

136.00

0.0000

0.0367

0.0265

0.5617

0.5721

0.7792

(0.16)

(1.14)

(139.78)

(0.0000)

(0.1625)

(0.0155)

(0.0105)

(0.0105)

(0.0093)

3

4

1.10

8.94

129.22

0.0067

0.0421

0.0373

0.6277

0.6474

0.8359

(1.12)

(9.32)

(137.30)

(0.0471)

(0.0743)

(0.0322)

(0.0107)

(0.0122)

(0.0072)

5

0.68

9.02

239.14

0.0000

0.0346

0.0393

0.6176

0.6413

0.8551

(0.68)

(9.32)

(249.58)

(0.0000)

(0.0817)

(0.0161)

(0.0110)

(0.0122)

(0.0098)

6

0.66

6.94

331.44

0.0000

0.0381

0.0408

0.6158

0.6446

0.8731

(0.66)

(7.14)

(345.90)

(0.0000)

(0.1041)

(0.0136)

(0.0096)

(0.0095)

(0.0061)

4

4

0.72

7.68

121.68

0.0000

0.0554

0.0378

0.6083

0.6101

0.8069

(0.72)

(8.12)

(128.50)

(0.0000)

(0.0913)

(0.0293)

(0.0106)

(0.0122)

(0.0105)

5

0.94

5.86

211.54

0.0000

0.0326

0.0346

0.6035

0.6036

0.8257

(0.94)

(6.12)

(219.70)

(0.0000)

(0.0711)

(0.0166)

(0.0094)

(0.0107)

(0.0080)

6

0.66

4.06

296.70

0.0200

0.0290

0.0356

0.5966

0.5976

0.8410

(0.68)

(4.20)

(307.96)

(0.1414)

(0.1022)

(0.0132)

(0.0104)

(0.0101)

(0.0074)