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Table 1 Estimated coverage probabilities and median widths for the GCIs and bootstrap confidence intervals for the means generated from different ZIP distributions used in our simulation study

From: Generalized fiducial inference on the mean of zero-inflated Poisson and Poisson hurdle models

n

λ

Ï€

Bootstrap

Fiducial

   

Cov. Prob.

Med. Width

Cov. Prob.

Med. Width

15

1

0.2

0.905

0.867

0.961

1.037

  

0.5

0.902

0.800

0.978

0.973

  

0.8

0.853

0.400

0.980

0.933

 

5

0.2

0.926

2.733

0.959

2.839

  

0.5

0.918

2.800

0.952

2.915

  

0.8

0.880

2.067

0.974

2.455

30

1

0.2

0.920

0.667

0.953

0.716

  

0.5

0.912

0.567

0.960

0.649

  

0.8

0.878

0.367

0.976

0.521

 

5

0.2

0.934

1.967

0.948

2.002

  

0.5

0.936

2.067

0.952

2.079

  

0.8

0.918

1.533

0.957

1.636

100

1

0.2

0.943

0.380

0.950

0.384

  

0.5

0.941

0.330

0.950

0.343

  

0.8

0.936

0.230

0.958

0.248

 

5

0.2

0.950

1.100

0.952

1.101

  

0.5

0.944

1.150

0.947

1.147

  

0.8

0.943

0.870

0.952

0.876