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Table IV

Parameter estimates and goodness-of-fit statistics for the transition functions for basal area considered.

Model Parameter Estimate Approx. SE Approx. p > | t | RMSE MEF
E1 b 1 0.0549 0.0018 < 0.001 1.0962 0.9871 0.0604
b 2 − 4054.14 1369 0.0031
b 3 15597.16 5203.3 0.0028
b 1t 0.0343 0.0006 < 0.001
b 2t − 870.193 172.2 < 0.001
b 3t 3544.132 685.4 < 0.001
ρ 1 0.1396 0.0080 < 0.001
E2 b 1 48.2756 0.8579 < 0.001 1.1387 0.9858 0.0827
b 2 3.15E+64 2.78E-79 < 0.001
b 3 4.2110 0.0931 < 0.001
b 1t 54.3890 0.5157 < 0.001
b 2t − 2.35E+67 6.24E-82 < 0.001
b 3t 3.8252 0.0283 < 0.001
ρ 1 0.3572 0.0028 < 0.001
E3 b 1 51.2311 1.4317 < 0.001 1.1050 0.9866 -0.0288
b 2 55780301 9977643 < 0.001
b 3 3.1654 0.0579 < 0.001
b 1t 55.9864 0.9730 < 0.001
b 2t 12994643 1799984 < 0.001
b 3t 2.1888 0.0345 < 0.001
ρ 1 0.4723 0.0813 < 0.001
E4 b 1 2987.34 304.56 < 0.001 1.2717 0.9833 0.0181
b 2 1.5512 0.294 < 0.001
b 1t 230.64 5.11 < 0.001
b 2t 0.5718 0.0142 < 0.001
ρ 1 0.1157 0.0085 < 0.001