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Table 5 Performance of Mann-Whitney U and Binomial tests with ViroChip pathogen microarray platform

From: Nonparametric methods for the analysis of single-color pathogen microarrays

 

Respiratory

Syncytial virus

Rhinovirus

Influenza A

Papillomavirus

Hepatitis B

Total

Rank of First Correct Prediction

Mann Whitney U

Binomial Test

Mann Whitney U

Binomial Test

Mann Whitney U

Binomial Test

Mann Whitney U

Binomial Test

Mann Whitney U

Binomial Test

Mann Whitney U

Binomial Test

First

40%

50%

77%

86%

29%

71%

20%

80%

0%

0%

47%

75%

Top 5

90%

100%

100%

95%

43%

86%

67%

100%

100%

100%

82%

96%

Top 10

100%

100%

100%

95%

57%

100%

87%

100%

100%

100%

91%

98%

Average Rank

2.5

1.7

1.2

1.6

10.7

2.3

4.7

1.3

4

2

3.7

1.6

Experiments

10

10

22

22

7

7

15

15

1

1

55

55