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. 2008 Feb 1;82(2):453–463. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2007.11.003

Table 2.

Size and Power of Tests at Level 0.05

Eigenstrat with FST
pMatch with FST
fMatch with FST
Statistic Design No. of Markers 0.01 0.03 0.1 0.01 0.03 0.1 0.01 0.03 0.1
Size

Two Populations
96 .069 .106 .211 .062 .100 .202 .065 .101 .206
386 .055 .061 .085 .044 .045 .051 .047 .049 .054
1536 .052 .054 .055 .046 .045 .045 .047 .047 .046
6144 .053 .052 .051 .044 .045 .045 .047 .047 .046
12000 .053 .052 .052 .044 .044 .045 .047 .045 .047
24000 .053 .050 .051 .043 .042 .041 .046 .046 .045
Gradient
96 .069 .109 .221 .049 .067 .109 .061 .097 .201
386 .054 .058 .071 .043 .046 .048 .048 .052 .063
1536 .052 .051 .050 .045 .044 .044 .047 .047 .046
6144 .052 .051 .050 .045 .045 .044 .046 .045 .047
12000 .052 .052 .052 .044 .044 .045 .047 .047 .047
24000 .052 .052 .052 .044 .045 .044 .047 .046 .046

Power

Two Populations
96 .783 .710 .683 .693 .635 .620 .754 .685 .659
386 .767 .701 .682 .682 .632 .621 .735 .673 .653
1536 .766 .702 .677 .683 .635 .622 .736 .674 .653
6144 .765 .694 .676 .684 .630 .623 .735 .671 .653
12000 .765 .697 .676 .684 .633 .624 .735 .673 .653
24000 .763 .696 .677 .684 .632 .624 .734 .671 .653
Gradient
96 .939 .917 .833 .886 .872 .804 .922 .900 .814
386 .924 .891 .796 .877 .857 .782 .902 .869 .775
1536 .917 .876 .774 .876 .850 .775 .894 .856 .754
6144 .913 .874 .768 .873 .849 .773 .892 .853 .747
12000 .915 .873 .771 .874 .849 .774 .891 .850 .749
24000 .912 .874 .768 .873 .849 .771 .892 .852 .747

Columns depict the results as FST varies (0.01, 0.03, and 0.1) in the candidate markers. Results are shown for two scenarios: a two-population mixture and a nine-population gradient. For the size, the expected number of p values smaller than 0.05 is 50.