Hester van Eeren

| Chapter 4 4 | 82 Sample size Correlation covariates X1, X2, X3 Correlation Z - X1, X2,X3 Variables in propensity score (PS) model Univariate PS X2, X3 X1, X2, X3 X2, X3, Z X1,X2,X3,Z X1, X2 N= 1000 0 absent Bias -0.0003 -0.0002 0.0009 0.0005 0.0016 SE 0.0035 0.0038 0.0039 0.0038 0.0038 MSE 0.0132 0.0148 0.0160 0.0154 0.0149 present Bias 0.0009 0.0003 0.0007 0.0000 0.0037 SE 0.0035 0.0037 0.0039 0.0038 0.0038 MSE 0.0130 0.0146 0.0160 0.0152 0.0154 0.3 absent Bias 0.0001 0.0008 -0.0011 0.0000 -0.0033 SE 0.0035 0.0037 0.0039 0.0038 0.0038 MSE 0.0124 0.0141 0.0158 0.0153 0.0145 present Bias 0.0345 0.0502 -0.0149 0.0498 0.0501 SE 0.0034 0.0037 0.0040 0.0039 0.0039 MSE 0.0162 0.0214 0.0174 0.0227 0.0232 0.7 absent Bias 0.0012 0.0012 0.0027 0.1706 0.0003 SE 0.0034 0.0036 0.0039 0.0034 0.0035 MSE 0.0121 0.0131 0.0153 0.0964 0.0123 present Bias 0.0304 0.0578 -0.0267 0.0580 0.0521 SE 0.0039 0.0041 0.0046 0.0045 0.0040 MSE 0.0174 0.0256 0.0270 0.0290 0.0237 *Results in bold indicate bias was closest to zero, results in i talic indicate MSE was closest to zero