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Table 2 Mean (SE) Estimated Community Variance based on I D L 2 and I P 2 , based on 20,000 random samples

From: Assessing community variation and randomness in public health indicators

  

Estimate Based on:

Community Variance

Observed Variance

I D L 2

I P 2

0

0.000

0.000

0.000

 

(0.000)

(<0.001)

(<0.001)

0.02

0.020

0.022

0.020

 

(0.002)

(0.002)

(0.002)

0.04

0.040

0.048

0.039

 

(0.004)

(0.005)

(0.004)

0.06

0.060

0.083

0.059

 

(0.005)

(0.008)

(0.006)

  1. Note: Population incidence rate was 0.5 for all replications. Communities varied using a uniform distribution.