Table 5 Simulation results: proportion of replications where the maximum likelihood estimator is larger than the true value of the parameter for the exponential model
From: Estimating time-to-onset of adverse drug reactions from spontaneous reporting databases
λ | p | n | Naive estimator | TBE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
0.05 | 0.25 | 100 | 100% | 61.6% |
500 | 100% | 55.3% | ||
0.05 | 0.50 | 100 | 100% | 55.3% |
500 | 100% | 50.4% | ||
0.05 | 0.80 | 100 | 100% | 51.1% |
500 | 100% | 51.7% | ||
1 | 0.25 | 100 | 100% | 54.8% |
500 | 100% | 50.7% | ||
1 | 0.50 | 100 | 100% | 53.2% |
500 | 100% | 48.0% | ||
1 | 0.80 | 100 | 100% | 50.0% |
500 | 100% | 51.0% |