Table 8.

Median width of CI for ${\widehat{\mu }}_{\eta }$ by the median number of published non‐affirmative studies in the simulation scenario ( $|\mathcal{N}|$) and η

Median $|\mathcal{N}|$	η	Median CI width
⩾10	1†	0.40
	10	0.86
	20	0.96
	50	1.19
	100	1.49
<10	10	1.97
	20	2.30
	50	3.33
	100	4.23

†Among scenarios with η=1, all had a median of 10 or more published non‐affirmative studies.