From: A statistical toolbox for metagenomics: assessing functional diversity in microbial communities
Merge Penalty | Type I Error Rate | Type II Error Rate | Observed Richness | Richness Estimation (True Richness = 3,730) | ||
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 |  |  |  | Chao1 | ACE | Jackknife |
Penalty = 0.00 | 0.063 | 0.129 | 2,927 | 3,038 | 2,976 | 3,137 |
Penalty = 0.05 | 0.067 | 0.100 | 3,223 | 3,332 | 3,271 | 3,413 |
Penalty = 0.10 | 0.071 | 0.074 | 3,462 | 3,574 | 3,510 | 3,653 |
Penalty = 0.15 | 0.080 | 0.056 | 3,642 | 3,757 | 3,691 | 3,839 |
Penalty = 0.20 | 0.091 | 0.046 | 3,810 | 3,925 | 3,858 | 4,004 |
No merge | 0.719 | 0.003 | 11,538 | 11,668 | 11,616 | 11,968 |