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Table 1 Type I error rates under different settings when the gene-gene correlation ranges from 0 (independence) to mild correlation (ρ=0.3), and when data were generated from GSE48091 to preserve the correlation in real application

From: Probabilistic prioritization of candidate pathway association with pathway score

 

50 genes per set

100 genes per set

ρ=0

ρ=0.1

ρ=0.3

GSE48091

ρ=0

ρ=0.1

ρ=0.3

GSE48091

Bayesian

0.023

0.022

0.022

0.035

0.024

0.022

0.022

0.025

Logistic (ps)

0.043

0.045

0.046

0.066

0.041

0.040

0.041

0.060

Logistic (sum)

0.040

0.040

0.040

0.160

0.036

0.036

0036

0.041

GSEA

0.047

0.047

0.048

0.069

0.039

0.046

0.045

0.042

Global

0.031

0.030

0.033

0.131

0.047

0.046

0.050

0.159

ORA

0.096

0.094

0.091

0.069

0.057

0.058

0.060

0.085

Fisher’s

0.048

0.048

0.052

0.163

0.049

0.049

0.049

0.201

  1. The size of each set is either 50 or 100. The p-values under Global and Fisher’s are derived based on 1000 permutations