Table 1 Summary of Simulation Parameters^a

IPD-Meta-analyses generated:

M = 1000

(Number of studies, number of subjects per study, total average sample sizes)^b:

(K, n _i , N) ∈ {(5,100,500), (15,33,500), (15,200,3000), (5,357,500), (15,98,500), (15,588,3000)}

Fixed effects (intercepts):

β ₀ = − 0.85

Prevalence of the outcome

π = 30%

Fixed effects (Slopes):

β ₁ = 0.18

Random effects distribution:

Normal

Random effects variances:

{τ ²₀ , τ ²₁ } ∈ (0.05, 1, 4)

Correlation between random effects:

ρ ∈ (0,0.5)