TABLE 3.

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

(2a) α = 1.2,β=75
	K = 5	K = 10	K = 15	K = 20
Method	CovP (Length)	CovP (Length)	CovP (Length)	CovP (Length)
Exact	0.961 (0.098)	0.952 (0.046)	0.944 (0.035)	0.956 (0.029)
MOM	0.999 (0.115)	1.000 (0.068)	0.998 (0.054)	0.999 (0.045)
DL-LGT	0.696 (0.112)	0.308 (0.064)	0.088 (0.051)	0.026 (0.042)
SJ-LGT	0.696 (0.113)	0.308 (0.065)	0.088 (0.051)	0.026 (0.043)
DL-ASIN	0.944 (0.088)	0.796 (0.052)	0.573 (0.042)	0.285 (0.036)
SJ-ASIN	0.962 (0.088)	0.840 (0.054)	0.586 (0.042)	0.295 (0.036)
FE	0.964 (0.077)	0.968 (0.040)	0.960 (0.033)	0.950 (0.029)
(2b) α = 3.6,β=225
	K = 5	K = 10	K = 15	K = 20
Method	CovP (Length)	CovP (Length)	CovP (Length)	CovP (Length)
Exact	0.962 (0.098)	0.964 (0.046)	0.956 (0.035)	0.964 (0.029)
MOM	1.000 (0.115)	1.000 (0.068)	0.998 (0.053)	0.999 (0.045)
DL-LGT	0.697 (0.112)	0.270 (0.064)	0.086 (0.050)	0.020 (0.042)
SJ-LGT	0.696 (0.113)	0.270 (0.065)	0.086 (0.050)	0.020 (0.043)
DL-ASIN	0.942 (0.088)	0.828 (0.053)	0.584 (0.042)	0.276 (0.036)
SJ-ASIN	0.958 (0.088)	0.853 (0.052)	0.598 (0.042)	0.285 (0.036)
FE	0.966 (0.077)	0.981 (0.040)	0.962 (0.033)	0.962 (0.029)