Correction to: BMC Med Res Methodol 21, 279 (2021)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-021-01471-y

Following publication of the original article [1], the authors noticed a typographical error on the name of one of the authors on this article. The author name “Bradley D. Stei should be Bradley D. Stein”. The original article has been updated.