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Table 3 Simulated coverage probabilities for proposed methods.

From: Bias correction and Bayesian analysis of aggregate counts in SAGE libraries

Proportion m i Range

Library Size

Gene Count

Prior

   

Flat α i = 1

Tub α i = 1/ k

   

DPB

DMB

MD

DPB

DMB

MD

0 - 1.67 × 10-5

6178

1181

0.800

0.855

0.854

0.104

0.104

0.104

-

1000

25

0.825

0.834

0.834

0.107

0.108

0.107

1.67 × 10-5 - 1.23 × 10-4

6178

3678

0.947

0.975

0.976

0.520

0.520

0.520

-

1000

209

0.9425

0.950

0.950

0.558

0.558

0.558

1.23 × 10-4 - 9.12 × 10-4

6178

1173

0.961

0.951

0.948

0.899

0.898

0.898

-

1000

578

0.952

0.957

0.957

0.911

0.911

0.911

9.12 × 10-4 - 6.74 × 10-3

6178

133

0.939

0.485

0.479

0.945

0.944

0.944

-

1000

165

0.950

0.950

0.945

0.934

0.934

0.934

6.74 × 10-3 - 1.35 × 10-1

6178

13

0.809

0.009

0.005

0.953

0.951

0.951

-

1000

23

0.948

0.794

0.780

0.943

0.939

0.939

  1. Coverage percentages for 95% posterior intervals for MCMC methods. Percentages represent the average number of intervals out of 1000 which covered the true proportion m i over the given range of m i values. Standard errors of proportions reported are below 1.5% and typically close to 1%.