A simulation study to investigate the accuracy of approximating averages of ratios using ratios of averages
The ratio of averages does not differ significantly from the average of ratios. Bootstrap confidence intervals for the difference between average of ratios and ratio of averages were constructed. The approximation of an average of ratios with a ratio of averages is better in large samples. The loglogistic distribution yielded good fits to the ratios of averages and averages of ratios.
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