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Table 4 Standard deviation of total discoveries across six DNA methylation differential analysis methods using β values for independent case

From: An evaluation of statistical methods for DNA methylation microarray data analysis

n

π 1

Standard deviation of total discoveries

 
  

Rank test

t-test

KS test

Permutation

Empirical Bayes

Bump hunting BH

Bump hunting q-value

3

0.01

0

0.39

0

0

1.02

0.87

1.03

 

0.05

0

1.14

0

0

4.79

3.09

3.80

 

0.10

0

2.48

0

0

6.67

6.2

7.45

 

0.25

0

7.87

0

0

9.71

11.65

15.38

 

0.50

0

18.97

0

0

12.78

17.29

24.73

 

0.75

0

25.68

0

0

14.73

19.56

35.22

 

0.90

0

26.8

0

0

14.82

19.28

42.44

6

0.01

0.00

1.61

0.00

0.00

1.30

1.67

1.70

 

0.05

0.00

4.05

0.00

0.00

2.95

3.68

3.69

 

0.10

4.44

5.22

4.44

4.44

4.02

4.8

5.13

 

0.25

12.17

7.04

7.04

8.83

6.02

6.93

8.03

 

0.50

9.47

9.42

9.73

9.01

7.94

9.08

12.65

 

0.75

9.90

9.82

8.55

10.48

8.65

9.39

21.72

 

0.90

10.73

10.28

9.10

10.77

9.05

9.84

25.79

12

0.01

1.41

1.03

1.02

0.00

0.99

1.10

1.11

 

0.05

3.01

2.21

2.14

2.46

2.22

2.33

2.39

 

0.10

3.32

3.09

2.66

3.58

3.11

3.21

3.42

 

0.25

5.26

4.48

3.65

5.08

4.35

4.70

5.42

 

0.50

5.16

5.53

4.28

5.66

5.30

5.71

9.26

 

0.75

5.07

5.70

3.83

5.76

5.37

5.70

14.69

 

0.90

5.51

5.60

3.46

5.47

4.95

5.56

20.73

24

0.01

0.96

0.77

0.71

0.00

0.85

0.87

0.91

 

0.05

1.87

1.64

1.23

1.79

1.76

1.76

1.82

 

0.10

2.42

2.30

1.98

2.70

2.38

2.40

2.62

 

0.25

3.21

3.17

2.92

3.75

3.22

3.26

4.15

 

0.50

3.89

3.78

2.38

3.93

3.74

3.85

7.08

 

0.75

2.99

3.29

2.57

3.45

3.25

3.31

12.30

 

0.90

2.24

2.71

1.77

2.80

2.66

2.72

19.26