TABLE 2.

The empirical coverage probabilities (CovP) of the 95% confidence intervals and the median lengths (Length) of the various methods in the low event rate setting and moderate study-specific sample sizes

(2a) α0 = 1.2,β0=10
	K = 5	K = 10	K = 15	K = 20
Method	CovP (Length)	CovP (Length)	CovP (Length)	CovP (Length)
Exact	0.962 (0.222)	0.955 (0.157)	0.961 (0.116)	0.960 (0.094)
MOM	0.802 (0.122)	0.882 (0.101)	0.909 (0.087)	0.920 (0.076)
DL-LGT	0.864 (0.131)	0.878 (0.091)	0.840 (0.073)	0.816 (0.063)
SJ-LGT	0.890 (0.151)	0.905 (0.107)	0.882 (0.087)	0.844 (0.076)
DL-ASIN	0.832 (0.136)	0.850 (0.102)	0.836 (0.085)	0.819 (0.075)
SJ-ASIN	0.838 (0.137)	0.854 (0.104)	0.844 (0.086)	0.820 (0.075)
FE	0.478 (0.058)	0.426 (0.035)	0.428 (0.028)	0.425 (0.024)
(2b) α = 3.6,β=30
	K = 5	K = 10	K = 15	K = 20
Method	CovP (Length)	CovP (Length)	CovP (Length)	CovP (Length)
Exact	0.990 (0.176)	0.968 (0.103)	0.959 (0.074)	0.969 (0.061)
MOM	0.836 (0.084)	0.883 (0.066)	0.914 (0.056)	0.925 (0.049)
DL-LGT	0.888 (0.096)	0.906 (0.067)	0.920 (0.055)	0.922 (0.047)
SJ-LGT	0.924 (0.106)	0.938 (0.075)	0.940 (0.062)	0.945 (0.053)
DL-ASIN	0.866 (0.096)	0.892 (0.070)	0.896 (0.058)	0.900 (0.050)
SJ-ASIN	0.887 (0.099)	0.904 (0.072)	0.907 (0.059)	0.909 (0.052)
FE	0.688 (0.059)	0.626 (0.036)	0.625 (0.028)	0.642 (0.024)