Table 2:
Variance estimates based on 10,000 simulation runs; the probability of treatment in the collection of trials was estimated by averaging the trial-specific treatment probabilities.
Balanced | TxAM varies | ||||||
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1 | 10000 | 2000 | Yes | No | 0.0105 | 0.0038 | 0.2893 |
1 | 10000 | 2000 | Yes | Yes | 0.0084 | 0.0035 | 0.1945 |
1 | 10000 | 2000 | No | No | 0.0101 | 0.0038 | 0.2167 |
1 | 10000 | 2000 | No | Yes | 0.0088 | 0.0038 | 0.1925 |
1 | 100000 | 2000 | Yes | No | 0.0144 | 0.0039 | 0.3316 |
1 | 100000 | 2000 | Yes | Yes | 0.0120 | 0.0035 | 0.3610 |
1 | 100000 | 2000 | No | No | 0.0143 | 0.0039 | 0.4028 |
1 | 100000 | 2000 | No | Yes | 0.0128 | 0.0037 | 0.2925 |
0 | 10000 | 2000 | Yes | No | 0.0103 | 0.0039 | 0.1165 |
0 | 10000 | 2000 | Yes | Yes | 0.0131 | 0.0042 | 0.1509 |
0 | 10000 | 2000 | No | No | 0.0101 | 0.0039 | 0.1136 |
0 | 10000 | 2000 | No | Yes | 0.0118 | 0.0040 | 0.1551 |
0 | 100000 | 2000 | Yes | No | 0.0151 | 0.0039 | 0.1873 |
0 | 100000 | 2000 | Yes | Yes | 0.0198 | 0.0043 | 0.2699 |
0 | 100000 | 2000 | No | No | 0.0146 | 0.0038 | 0.1663 |
0 | 100000 | 2000 | No | Yes | 0.0218 | 0.0040 | 0.3243 |
In the column titled Balanced, Yes denotes scenarios in which the trials had on average equal sample sizes; No denotes scenarios with unequal trial sample sizes. In the column titled TxAM varies, Yes denotes scenarios in which the treatment assignment mechanism varied across trials; No denotes scenarios in which the mechanism did not vary.