m

π

ρ

m

π

ρ

m

π

ρ

N

True value

9

0.7

0.5

9

0.7

0.9

9

0.8

0.6

250

Mean

8.625

0.688

0.806

9.066

0.690

0.631

8.931

0.794

0.827

Bias

0.375

0.012

−0.306

−0.066

0.010

0.269

0.068

0.006

−0.227

MSE

0.546

0.0005

0.126

0.360

0.001

0.089

0.366

0.001

0.228

500

Mean

8.691

0.690

0.702

8.955

0.692

0.732

9.054

0.797

0.709

Bias

0.308

0.009

−0.202

0.044

0.007

0.168

−0.054

0.002

−0.109

MSE

0.468

0.0004

0.066

0.313

0.001

0.046

0.022

0.0002

0.057

1000

Mean

8.756

0.693

0.655

9.013

0.691

0.817

9.035

0.799

0.653

Bias

0.244

0.007

−0.155

−0.013

0.004

0.083

−0.035

0.001

−0.053

MSE

0.090

0.0001

0.037

0.034

0.0003

0.031

0.004

0.000

0.045

N

True value

7

0.4

0.5

10

0.4

0.5

15

0.7

0.5

250

Mean

6.531

0.374

0.733

10.116

0.403

0.635

14.995

0.699

0.719

Bias

0.469

0.026

−0.233

−0.116

−0.003

−0.135

0.0053

0.001

−0.219

MSE

2.570

0.006

0.785

0.587

0.0003

0.030

0.0001

0.0001

0.065

500

Mean

6.662

0.380

0.678

10.068

0.402

0.566

14.997

0.699

0.652

Bias

0.338

0.020

−0.178

−0.068

−0.002

−0.066

0.002

0.0005

−0.152

MSE

1.603

0.005

0.932

0.209

0.0002

0.013

0.0001

0.00006

0.035

1000

Mean

6.900

0.393

0.590

10.055

0.401

0.515

14.999

0.700

0.582

Bias

0.100

0.0072

−0.090

−0.055

−0.001

−0.015

0.0008

0.00001

−0.082

MSE

0.492

0.002

0.331

0.096

0.000

0.006

0.0003

0.00003

0.015