Table 2.

Parameter ranges in simulation studies.

Parameter	Range
log(Tij) + β0	Unif(0.1, 3.5)
Dispersion parameter θ	Unif(0.1, 5)
Fixed effects β1, β2, β3 (false positive rate)	0, 0, 0
Fixed effects β1, β2, β3 (power of interaction)	0, 0, Unif(0.2, 0.35) or Unif(0.35, 0.8)
Fixed effects β1, β2, β3 (power of both β1 and β3)	All from Unif(0.2, 0.35) or Unif(0.35, 0.8)
Standard deviation τ	Unif(0.5, 1)
Correlation ρ	Unif(0.1, 0.5)
Standard deviation σ	Unif(0.1, 0.5)