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Table 2 Ranks of method performance in the four evaluation criteria

From: Meta-analysis methods for combining multiple expression profiles: comparisons, statistical characterization and an application guideline

 

Targeted HS

Power detection

Biological association

Stability

Robustness

Rank Sum

MDS*1

PR

HS A

12

4

4

6

26

1

SR

HS A

11

6

9

7

33

1

maxP

HS A

9

10

12

11

42

2

rOP

HS r

7

5

10

10

32

2

REM

HS r

10

11

5

8

34

3

Fisher

HS B

1

2

3

3

9

1

AW

HS B

2

3

6

2

13

1

Stouffer

HS B

3

1

8

4

16

1

minP

HS B

4

7

7

1

19

1

RankProd

HS B

8

8

1

5

22

3

RankSum

HS B

6

12

2

12

32

3

FEM

HS B

5

9

11

9

34

3

  1. *1Cluster number of methods in the MDS plot (Figure 1(a)).