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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Nov 22.
Published before final editing as: Psychol Methods. 2024 Nov 14:10.1037/met0000695. doi: 10.1037/met0000695

Table 1. Summary of the ADEMP Planning and Reporting Structure for Simulation Studies.

Step Explanation Example
Aims What is the aim of the study? To evaluate the hypothesis testing and estimation characteristics of different methods for analyzing pre–post measurements
Data-generating
mechanism
How are data sets generated? Pre–post measurements are simulated from a bivariate normal distribution for two groups, with varying treatment effects and pre–post correlations
Estimands and
other targets
What are the estimands and/or other targets of the study? The null hypothesis of no effect between groups is the primary target, the treatment effect is the secondary estimand of interest
Methods Which methods are evaluated? ANCOVA, change-score analysis, and post-score analysis
Performance
measures
Which performance measures are used? Type I error rate, power, and bias