Table 3 Summary statistics for the difference between estimates of within replicate variance: \({\widehat{\sigma }}^2_{MLE} - {\widehat{\sigma }}^2_{SI}\) in three real data sets
From: Multiple imputation and direct estimation for qPCR data with non-detects
| Â | Min. | 1st. Qu. | Median | Mean | 3rd. Qu. | Max. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dataset 1 | 0.024 | 0.026 | 0.033 | 0.095 | 0.109 | 0.429 |
Dataset 2 | 0.006 | 0.009 | 0.027 | 1.014 | 0.110 | 35.380 |
Dataset 3 | 0.010 | 0.019 | 0.040 | 0.056 | 0.042 | 0.199 |