Table 2.

Comparison of p Values of FE and RE in One Million Random Simulations

${\mathbf{p}}_{\mathbf{F}\mathbf{E}}\mathbf{<}{\mathbf{p}}_{\mathbf{R}\mathbf{E}}$	${\mathbf{p}}_{\mathbf{F}\mathbf{E}}\mathbf{=}{\mathbf{p}}_{\mathbf{R}\mathbf{E}}$	${\mathbf{p}}_{\mathbf{F}\mathbf{E}}\mathbf{>}{\mathbf{p}}_{\mathbf{R}\mathbf{E}}$
747,443	252,557	0

Our simulations are designed to explore many different situations, such as differing p value levels or heterogeneity levels. We assume five studies of sample sizes of 400, 800, 1200, 1600, and 2000.