Number of significant digits in final estimate.

From: Xavier Woot de Trixhe Date: October 09, 2012 technical Source: mail-archive.com
Hi, NO. OF SIG. DIGITS IN FINAL EST.: 3.1 I cannot seem to find any references to the method by which this number is computed. Xavier Woot de Trixhe, ir. Scientist, AM&S Clinical Pharmacology Tel: +32 (0)14 60 29 70 Janssen Research & Development Turnoudseweg 30 2340 Beerse, Belgium 0ITERATION NO.: 13 OBJECTIVE VALUE: -14134.5071734877 NO. OF FUNC. EVALS.: 9 CUMULATIVE NO. OF FUNC. EVALS.: 102 PARAMETER: -2.2522E-01 -3.6013E-01 -4.2825E-01 -2.6114E-01 -1.1966E-01 GRADIENT: 7.0164E-01 -5.8463E-01 6.5547E-01 -2.4262E-01 4.5721E-01 0ITERATION NO.: 14 OBJECTIVE VALUE: -14134.5077100038 NO. OF FUNC. EVALS.: 9 CUMULATIVE NO. OF FUNC. EVALS.: 111 PARAMETER: -2.2569E-01 -3.5945E-01 -4.2828E-01 -2.6031E-01 -1.2046E-01 GRADIENT: -1.4959E-01 1.3902E-01 7.6061E-02 1.5026E-01 8.2916E-02 0ITERATION NO.: 15 OBJECTIVE VALUE: -14134.5077558209 NO. OF FUNC. EVALS.: 9 CUMULATIVE NO. OF FUNC. EVALS.: 120 PARAMETER: -2.2560E-01 -3.5959E-01 -4.2829E-01 -2.6071E-01 -1.2073E-01 GRADIENT: 8.5892E-03 -2.6632E-03 -8.2743E-02 -3.7853E-02 -4.3828E-02 0ITERATION NO.: 16 OBJECTIVE VALUE: -14134.5077558209 NO. OF FUNC. EVALS.: 6 CUMULATIVE NO. OF FUNC. EVALS.: 126 PARAMETER: -2.2560E-01 -3.5959E-01 -4.2829E-01 -2.6071E-01 -1.2073E-01 GRADIENT: 8.5892E-03 -2.6632E-03 -8.2743E-02 -3.7853E-02 -4.3828E-02 Elapsed estimation time in seconds: 8.85 #TERM: 0MINIMIZATION SUCCESSFUL NO. OF FUNCTION EVALUATIONS USED: 126 NO. OF SIG. DIGITS IN FINAL EST.: 3.1 ETABAR IS THE ARITHMETIC MEAN OF THE ETA-ESTIMATES, AND THE P-VALUE IS GIVEN FOR THE NULL HYPOTHESIS THAT THE TRUE MEAN IS 0. ETABAR: -3.6834E-05 -6.9519E-04 SE: 2.4522E-02 2.8113E-02 P VAL.: 9.9880E-01 9.8027E-01 ETAshrink(%): 9.8124E-02 4.3006E-01 EPSshrink(%): 1.7170E+00
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