TABLE 4.

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 small study-specific sample sizes

(2a) α = 1.2,β=10
	K = 5	K = 10	K = 15	K = 20
Method	CovP (Length)	CovP (Length)	CovP (Length)	CovP (Length)
Exact	0.970 (0.229)	0.962 (0.146)	0.960 (0.119)	0.960 (0.104)
MOM	0.834 (0.160)	0.859 (0.110)	0.894 (0.095)	0.900 (0.086)
DL-LGT	0.920 (0.189)	0.882 (0.133)	0.860 (0.110)	0.869 (0.095)
SJ-LGT	0.960 (0.215)	0.964 (0.148)	0.968 (0.121)	0.974 (0.104)
DL-ASIN	0.914 (0.151)	0.882 (0.107)	0.888 (0.091)	0.874 (0.079)
SJ-ASIN	0.930 (0.169)	0.927 (0.120)	0.934 (0.099)	0.916 (0.086)
FE	0.840 (0.154)	0.803 (0.098)	0.823 (0.077)	0.814 (0.065)
(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 (0.218)	0.983 (0.134)	0.981 (0.102)	0.975 (0.087)
MOM	0.906 (0.155)	0.912 (0.100)	0.922 (0.079)	0.926 (0.069)
DL-LGT	0.924 (0.177)	0.881 (0.116)	0.831 (0.093)	0.774 (0.080)
SJ-LGT	0.974 (0.198)	0.973 (0.133)	0.968 (0.107)	0.970 (0.092)
DL-ASIN	0.967 (0.145)	0.931 (0.095)	0.920 (0.076)	0.900 (0.066)
SJ-ASIN	0.974 (0.162)	0.957 (0.110)	0.955 (0.089)	0.948 (0.077)
FE	0.934 (0.154)	0.900 (0.098)	0.910 (0.076)	0.914 (0.065)