Table 2.
Reporting items of simulations studies
| Author, Year | Protocol | Primary outcome | Clear aim | Number of failures | Software | Random number generator or starting seed | Rationale for creating designs | Methods for creating designs | Scenarios: Total number of designs | Scenarios: Range of design characteristics explored | Method to evaluate each scenario | Distribution used to simulate data* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vermeulen, 2011 [35] | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Yu, 2009 [31] | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0, 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Bliemer, 2010 [34] | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Crabbe, 2012 [33] | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Vermeulen, 2010 [30] | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Vermeulen, 2008 [36] | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Vanniyasingam, 2016 [1] | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Graβhoff, 2013 [32] | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Donkers, 2003 [37] | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Comment: 1 = reported; 0 = unclear/not reported for each column.
*1 = the chosen design characteristics are motivated by real-world scenario (previous literature referenced, etc) OR by other simulation study scenarios, 0 = not motivated by other studies.