Exploring Consequences of Simulation Design for Apparent Performance of Statistical Methods. 2: Results from simulations with normally and uniformly distributed sample sizes

Abstract

This report continues our investigation of effects a simulation design may have on the conclusions on performance of statistical methods. In the context of meta-analysis of log-odds-ratios, we consider five generation mechanisms for control probabilities and log-odds-ratios. Our first report (Kulinskaya et al. 2020) considered constant sample sizes. Here we report on the results for normally and uniformly distributed sample sizes.