Table 3.
Ranking of the performances
| RUN 1 | |||||||
| n | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | Average |
| Student | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5.8 | |
| Window | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5.8 | |
| Welch | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6.8 | |
| Win Welch | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6.8 | |
| Reg t test | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3.0 | |
| SAM | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3.6 | |
| Limma | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.8 | |
| Shrinkage t | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.4 | |
| RUN 2 | |||||||
| N | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | Average |
| Student | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5.8 | |
| Window | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4.8 | |
| Welch | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7.6 | |
| Win Welch | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6.2 | |
| Reg t test | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3.2 | |
| SAM | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3.6 | |
| Limma | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3.0 | |
| Shrinkage t | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.8 | |
| RUN 3 | |||||||
| n | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | Average |
| Student | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7.0 | |||
| Window | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4.3 | |||
| Welch | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7.3 | |||
| Win Welch | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4.7 | |||
| Reg t test | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.7 | |||
| SAM | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5.3 | |||
| Limma | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3.7 | |||
| Shrinkage t | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | |||
Ranking of the performances of all the methods tested. Only significant differences (DUNNET'S post hoc comparison p ≥ 0.05) for each method with respect to Shrinkage t are displayed (no significant difference in Run 4). 1st and 2nd ranks are shown in bold.