Table 6.

Within-Sample Predictive Accuracy of the Models: Average Values with 95% Confidence Intervals in Parentheses

BiasMNLMNLHMNPMNPHSMNPSMNPH
6 sites0.37240.33060.47610.44710.37930.3739
(0.3788, 0.3645)(0.3373, 0.3230)(0.4842, 0.4674)(0.4557, 0.4382)(0.3856, 0.3725)(0.3805, 0.3669)
12 site0.41930.40340.61750.58590.45580.4311
(0.4277, 0.4094)(0.4115, 0.3936)(0.6247, 0.6109)(0.5943, 0.5782)(0.4636, 0.4480)(0.4424, 0.4230)
24 sites0.55420.48740.69170.64270.64950.6211
(0.5634, 0.5464)(0.4956, 0.4783)(0.6966, 0.6863)(0.6503, 0.6366)(0.6563, 0.6433)(0.6304, 0.6132)
Mean Squared Error
6 sites0.19850.17420.26770.24910.20820.2058
(0.2017, 0.1950)(0.1770, 0.1709)(0.2744, 0.2610)(0.2545, 0.2432)(0.2112, 0.2054)(0.2089, 0.2031)
12 site0.25750.24400.41570.38270.29240.2614
(0.2624, 0.2518)(0.2485, 0.2391)(0.4231, 0.4093)(0.3907, 0.3755)(0.2979, 0.2876)(0.2713, 0.2590)
24 sites0.37090.31870.50960.44370.46750.4242
(0.3773, 0.3636)(0.3240, 0.3122)(0.5155, 0.5029)(0.4515, 0.4373)(0.4744, 0.4617)(0.4332, 0.4163)
Predictive Accuracy
6 sites0.74550.83670.69680.71160.76980.7822
(0.7882, 0.7352)(0.8394, 0.8310)(0.7223, 0.6816)(0.7189, 0.7057)(0.7895, 0.7597)(0.7963, 0.7648)
12 site0.79090.77530.78840.79140.79230.7928
(0.7926, 0.7892)(0.7800, 0.7706)(0.7902, 0.7858)(0.7974, 0.7862)(0.7936, 0.7906)(0.7953, 0.7875)
24 sites0.72400.73240.68210.72430.71350.7301
(0.7284, 0.7186)(0.7386, 0.7278)(0.6979, 0.6650)(0.7281, 0.7196)(0.7176, 0.7074)(0.7393, 0.7234)
  • Note: The model results with the lowest bias, mean squared error, and predictive accuracy are highlighted in bold. The naïve expectations for the bias are 0.833, 0.917, 0.958 for the 6-site, 12-site, and 24-site models, respectively. The naïve expectations for the mean squared error are 0.694, 0.840, and 0.918 for the 6-site, 12- site, and 24-site models, respectively. Model names are defined in Table 2.