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Table 1 Simulated replicates having added bias and noise of different distributions

From: A Multi-feature Reproducibility Assessment of Mass Spectral Data in Clinical Proteomic Studies

Data presented are median( P25,P75)

 

Parametric version

Non-parametric version

Distribution of the systematic bias

Size of the samples and its replicates

Distribution of the permutated p values

Distribution of the test statistics

Distribution of the permutated p values

Distribution of the test statistics

Normal

µ = 2 σ = 4

30

0.02 (0.01,0.06)

3.76 (3.42,4.19)

µ = 0 σ = 4

15

0.51 (0.30, 0.67)

2.18 (1.95, 2.57)

0.59 (0.41, 0.82)

0.00 (−0.08, 0.08)

µ = 2 σ = 2

 

0.02 (0.009, 0.04)

4.01 (3.63, 4.65)

0.001 (0.001, 0.001)

−0.84 (−0.96 ,−0.71)

µ = 2 σ = 4

 

0.15 (0.06, 0.34)

2.94 (2.50, 3.47)

0.005 (0.001, 0.03)

−0.42 (−0.48, −0.32)

µ = 0 σ = 4

8

0.36 (0.13, 0.57)

2.34 (1.92, 3.17)

0.64 (0.42, 0.90)

0.00 (−0.14,0.14)

µ = 2 σ = 2

 

0.18 (0.10, 0.31)

2.97 (2.42, 3.54)

0.02 (0.004, 0.08)

−0.65 (−0.81, −0.50)

µ = 2 σ = 4

 

0.32 (0.19,0.53)

2.50 (1.98, 3.01)

0.50 (0.24, 0.64)

−0.21 (−0.35, −0.07)

Exponential

\( \lambda = 1\left( {\mu = \sigma = 1} \right) \)

15

0.01 (0.005, 0.03)

4.48 (3.88, 4.98)

0.001 (0.001,0.001)

−1.03 (−1.14, −0.89)

\( \lambda = 2\left( {\mu = \sigma = 0.5} \right) \)

 

0.007 (0.002,0.02)

4.70 (4.24, 5.37)

0.001 (0.001, 0.001)

−1.17 (−1.29, −1.01)

\( \lambda = 1\left( {\mu = \sigma = 1} \right) \)

8

0.12 (0.05, 0.19)

3.21 (2.86, 4.22)

0.01 (0.001, 0.03)

−0.73 (−1.01, −0.63)

\( \lambda = {\text{2}}\left( {\mu = \sigma = 0.{\text{5}}} \right) \)

 

0.07 (0.04, 0.13)

3.61 (3.16, 4.56)

0.002 (0.001, 0.005)

−0.98 (−1.17, −0.81)

Bimodal

\( \mu = 1,\sigma = 2\left( {m/z \leqslant 1,000} \right)\mu = 2,\sigma = 4\left( {m/z > 1,000} \right) \)

30

0.03 (0.008, 0.08)

3.68 (3.33, 4.27)

\( \mu = 2,\sigma = 4\left( {m/z \leqslant 1,000} \right)\mu = 4,\sigma = 8\left( {m/z > 1,000} \right) \)

 

0.03 (0.01, 0.08)

3.68 (3.28, 4.02)

\( \mu = 1,\sigma = 1\left( {m/z \leqslant 1,000} \right)\mu = 2,\sigma = 2\left( {m/z > 1000} \right) \)

15

0.03 (0.01, 0.08)

3.68 (3.28, 4.02)

0.001 (0.001, 0.001)

−0.96 (−1.08, −0.80)

\( \mu = 1,\sigma = 2\left( {m/z \leqslant 1,000} \right)\mu = 2,\sigma = 4\left( {m/z > 1,000} \right) \)

 

0.12 (0.06, 0.32)

3.07 (2.55, 3.51)

0.004 (0.001, 0.01)

−0.42 (−0.52, −0.34)

\( \mu = 2,\sigma = 4\left( {m/z \leqslant 1000} \right)\mu = 4,\sigma = 8\left( {m/z > 1,000} \right) \)

 

0.14 (0.06, 0.29)

3.00 (2.61, 3.48)

0.005 (0.001, 0.03)

−0.40 (−0.50, −0.31)

\( \mu = 1,\sigma = 1\left( {m/z \leqslant 1,000} \right)\mu = 2,\sigma = 2\left( {m/z > 1,000} \right) \)

8

0.18 (0.08, 0.37)

2.88 (2.39, 3.56)

0.02 (0.003, 0.14)

−0.65 (−0.81, −0.43)

\( \mu = 1,\sigma = 2\left( {m/z \leqslant 1,000} \right)\mu = 2,\sigma = 4\left( {m/z > 1,000} \right) \)

 

0.26 (0.14, 0.55)

2.67 (1.95, 3.21)

0.48 (0.23, 0.65)

−0.21 (−0.35, −0.07)

\( \mu = 2,\sigma = 4\left( {m/z \leqslant 1,000} \right)\mu = 4,\sigma = 8\left( {m/z > 1,000} \right) \)

 

0.36 (0.19, 0.54)

2.32 (2.03, 2.87)

0.32 (0.23, 0.62)

−0.28 (−0.35, −0.14)