Table 3.
Probability of observing no events, at least one event or at least two events for a range of hypothetical true event rates
True event rate (%) | Number of participants | No events | At least one event | At least two events |
1 | 4 | 0.96 | 0.04 | <0.01 |
8 | 0.92 | 0.08 | <0.01 | |
12 | 0.89 | 0.11 | 0.01 | |
16 | 0.85 | 0.15 | 0.01 | |
28 | 0.75 | 0.25 | 0.03 | |
5 | 4 | 0.81 | 0.19 | 0.01 |
8 | 0.66 | 0.34 | 0.06 | |
12 | 0.54 | 0.46 | 0.12 | |
16 | 0.44 | 0.56 | 0.19 | |
28 | 0.24 | 0.76 | 0.41 | |
10 | 4 | 0.66 | 0.34 | 0.05 |
8 | 0.43 | 0.57 | 0.19 | |
12 | 0.28 | 0.72 | 0.34 | |
16 | 0.19 | 0.81 | 0.49 | |
28 | 0.05 | 0.95 | 0.78 | |
20 | 4 | 0.41 | 0.59 | 0.18 |
8 | 0.17 | 0.83 | 0.50 | |
12 | 0.07 | 0.93 | 0.73 | |
16 | 0.03 | 0.97 | 0.86 | |
28 | <0.01 | >0.99 | 0.98 | |
30 | 4 | 0.24 | 0.76 | 0.35 |
8 | 0.06 | 0.94 | 0.74 | |
12 | 0.01 | 0.99 | 0.91 | |
16 | <0.01 | >0.99 | 0.97 | |
28 | <0.01 | >0.99 | >0.99 |