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Table 8 IMPROVEMENT of the scale normalization methods. IMPROVEMENT is described in detail in Table 6. For a given data set, the biggest IMPROVEMENT(s) is shown in bold. The methods and data sets are described in Tables 3 and 4, respectively.

From: Evaluation of normalization methods for cDNA microarray data by k-NN classification

Location, Scale Normalization method

IMPROVEMENT (%, LIVER CANCER)

IMPROVEMENT (%, LYMPHOMA)

IMPROVEMENT (%, RENAL CELL CARCINOMA)

IMPROVEMENT (%, GASTRIC CARCINOMA)

IMPROVEMENT (%, LUNG CANCER)

N ONRM

0

0

0

0

0

N ONRM, W SCALE

8

-13

11

22

3

N ONRM, B SCALE

-12

-2

44

-77

-18

N ONRM, WB SCALE

-12

-13

44

-33

-9

SL LOESS

33

-2

44

56

3

SL LOESS, W SCALE

37

0

44

44

5

SL LOESS, B SCALE

0

2

39

-188

16

SL LOESS, WB SCALE

5

-7

50

-144

21

IG LOESS

34

30

44

33

5

IG LOESS, W SCALE

30

44

44

44

12

IG LOESS, B SCALE

-6

19

33

11

-4

IG LOESS, WB SCALE

0

33

33

33

-7

IL LOESS

45

42

44

33

23

IL LOESS, W SCALE

43

39

39

33

16

IL LOESS, B SCALE

4

58

39

-11

0

IL LOESS, WB SCALE

0

61

39

-22

12

IL LOESS-SL LOESS

48

58

44

44

26

IL LOESS-SL LOESS, W SCALE

48

49

44

78

26

IL LOESS-SL LOESS, B SCALE

21

51

11

-11

23

IL LOESS-SL LOESS, WB SCALE

25

54

33

0

28

IG LOESS-SL FILTERW7

44

58

50

56

40

IG LOESS-SL FILTERW7, W SCALE

46

53

50

56

42

IG LOESS-SL FILTERW7, B SCALE

11

56

28

-11

23

IG LOESS-SL FILTERW7, WB SCALE

8

49

33

-11

21