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Table 1 Summary of bias and standard deviation over 1000 simulations

From: \(L_{1}\)-Estimation for covariate-adjusted regression

n

Dist

Method

Bias (SD)

\(\gamma _{0}\)

\(\gamma _{1}\)

\(\gamma _{2}\)

\(\gamma _{3}\)

50

Normal

LP

−0.0071 (0.0730)

0.0003 (0.0093)

0.0129 (0.0920)

0.0003 (0.0130)

\(L_{1}\)

−0.0083 (0.0767)

0.0002 (0.0072)

0.0134 (0.0939)

0.0008 (0.0132)

\(t_{3}\)

LP

0.0114 (0.3651)

−0.0065 (0.1927)

0.0027 (0.4083)

0.0080 (0.3240)

\(L_{1}\)

0.0213 (0.3566)

−0.0067 (0.1720)

0.0070 (0.3969)

0.0029 (0.3008)

Cauchy

LP

0.0946 (32.7370)

0.8215 (35.8373)

−1.0257 (41.5098)

1.3761 (32.1225)

\(L_{1}\)

−0.0861 (6.2061)

0.4566 (7.0982)

−0.6856 (8.31108)

−0.0929 (3.1853)

100

Normal

LP

−0.0063 (0.0830)

1.03e − 05 (0.0078)

0.0116 (0.0685)

0.0004 (0.0091)

\(L_{1}\)

−0.0079 (0.0798)

5.75e − 05 (0.0083)

0.0080 (0.0762)

−0.0006 (0.0074)

\(t_{3}\)

LP

−0.0249 (0.3126)

−0.0078 (0.0991)

0.0078 (0.2443)

0.0017 (0.1907)

\(L_{1}\)

−0.0297 (0.2964)

0.0079 (0.0734)

0.0093 (0.1890)

0.0039 (0.1553)

Cauchy

LP

1.2813 (26.0130)

0.4512 (20.6582)

−1.3174 (28.6553)

0.6500 (14.6341)

\(L_{1}\)

0.0733 (0.5163)

0.0083 (0.1183)

0.043 (0.7523)

−0.0147 (0.3702)

200

Normal

LP

−0.0007 (0.0376)

3.87e − 05 (0.0027)

0.0066 (0.0423)

−0.0002 (0.0043)

\(L_{1}\)

−0.0024 (0.0383)

4.56e − 05 (0.0024)

0.0046 (0.0427)

0.0005 (0.0041)

\(t_{3}\)

LP

0.0139 (0.2856)

−0.0029 (0.0648)

−0.0059 (0.1711)

0.0015 (0.1347)

\(L_{1}\)

−0.0123 (0.1844)

−0.0035 (0.0502)

0.0025 (0.1287)

0.0023 (0.1195)

Cauchy

LP

1.7790 (23.2778)

−0.0714 (7.6870)

−1.1413 (20.6915)

−0.6269 (16.2315)

\(L_{1}\)

0.0393 (0.2638)

−0.0030 (0.0678)

0.0012 (0.1530)

0.0059 (0.1407)