| Distribution | True Value of | Method | ||||
| Simple Substitution LOD/2 | Complex Substitution | Random Imputation | Spearman’s rs (Jackknife Interval) | Maximum Likelihood | ||
| Normal | −0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.8 | 90.8 |
| Normal | −0.5 | 62.0 | 82.5 | 45.5 | 91.6 | 94.6 |
| Normal | −0.25 | 92.4 | 93.6 | 85.5 | 93.3 | 94.9 |
| Normal | 0.0 | 95.0 | 94.9 | 94.8 | 94.4 | 95.0 |
| Normal | 0.25 | 89.3 | 91.8 | 85.5 | 93.0 | 95.0 |
| Normal | 0.5 | 79.8 | 86.0 | 46.8 | 91.9 | 94.9 |
| Normal | 0.75 | 62.0 | 70.4 | 2.6 | 89.0 | 94.7 |
| Normal | 0.9 | 25.6 | 24.9 | 0.0 | 76.7 | 94.4 |
| Non-Normal | −0.9 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 15.4 | 87.6 |
| Non-Normal | −0.5 | 80.1 | 75.1 | 4.4 | 92.0 | 91.7 |
| Non-Normal | −0.25 | 90.2 | 89.5 | 67.5 | 93.3 | 92.9 |
| Non-Normal | 0.0 | 94.9 | 95.0 | 94.9 | 94.2 | 89.3 |
| Non-Normal | 0.25 | 89.6 | 91.6 | 57.6 | 94.2 | 94.0 |
| Non-Normal | 0.5 | 86.3 | 85.8 | 11.3 | 93.4 | 93.5 |
| Non-Normal | 0.75 | 82.7 | 72.8 | 0.9 | 91.1 | 93.4 |
| Non-Normal | 0.9 | 38.5 | 31.7 | 0.6 | 79.8 | 91.4 |