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. 2012 May 22;5:3. doi: 10.1186/1756-0381-5-3

Table 5.

Power of six global tests of correlated P-values (The correlation coefficient for Beta random variables isρ. Uniform distributions have random correlation matrices)

Correlated 0.9Uniform (0,1) ± 0.1Beta (0.4,6), ρ=0.2
n
KS
Inverse chi
Inverse norm
Tippett
Wilcoxon
Logit
20
0.176
0.359
0.259
0.332
0.191
0.294
50
0.27
0.576
0.418
0.505
0.303
0.464
100
0.407
0.824
0.599
0.652
0.456
0.672
200
0.645
0.967
0.827
0.791
0.657
0.877
300
0.808
0.995
0.92
0.861
0.785
0.941
400
0.896
0.997
0.966
0.896
0.861
0.979
500
0.949
0.999
0.984
0.933
0.926
0.993
Correlated 0.6 Uniform (0,1) ± 0.4Beta (0.4,6),ρ=0.2
n
KS
Inverse chi
Inverse norm
Tippett
Wilcoxon
Logit
20
0.797
0.957
0.896
0.784
0.815
0.918
50
0.987
1
0.997
0.939
0.983
1
100
1
1
1
0.972
1
1
200
1
1
1
0.998
1
1
300
1
1
1
1
1
1
400
1
1
1
0.999
1
1
500
1
1
1
0.999
1
1
Correlated 0.9 Uniform (0,1) ± 0.1Beta (0.5,4.5),ρ=0.2
n
KS
Inverse chi
Inverse norm
Tippett
Wilcoxon
Logit
20
0.151
0.266
0.207
0.225
0.183
0.221
50
0.227
0.466
0.336
0.326
0.264
0.369
100
0.343
0.664
0.493
0.437
0.397
0.534
200
0.545
0.863
0.709
0.537
0.595
0.757
300
0.706
0.944
0.832
0.587
0.719
0.863
400
0.811
0.982
0.913
0.632
0.81
0.933
500
0.89
0.992
0.951
0.695
0.887
0.966
Correlated 0.6 Uniform (0,1) ± 0.4Beta (0.5,4.5),ρ=0.2
n
KS
Inverse chi
Inverse norm
Tippett
Wilcoxon
Logit
20
0.161
0.291
0.212
0.225
0.173
0.237
50
0.251
0.475
0.362
0.302
0.292
0.385
100
0.322
0.64
0.504
0.397
0.39
0.528
200
0.517
0.882
0.701
0.527
0.58
0.743
300
0.726
0.952
0.845
0.568
0.731
0.873
400
0.806
0.976
0.894
0.607
0.805
0.917
500
0.895
0.998
0.95
0.676
0.883
0.965
Correlated 0.9 Uniform (0,1) ± 0.1Beta (1,5),ρ=0.2
n
KS
Inverse chi
Inverse norm
Tippett
Wilcoxon
Logit
20
0.127
0.118
0.139
0.056
0.144
0.136
50
0.203
0.199
0.211
0.063
0.235
0.206
100
0.248
0.272
0.28
0.064
0.271
0.269
200
0.406
0.448
0.453
0.06
0.446
0.438
300
0.535
0.559
0.541
0.073
0.542
0.535
400
0.619
0.657
0.649
0.07
0.657
0.631
500
0.725
0.743
0.729
0.071
0.731
0.715
Correlated 0.6 Uniform (0,1) ± 0.4Beta (1,5),ρ=0.2
n
KS
Inverse chi
Inverse norm
Tippett
Wilcoxon
Logit
20
0.572
0.56
0.599
0.117
0.611
0.587
50
0.893
0.864
0.904
0.104
0.917
0.891
100
0.991
0.981
0.986
0.114
0.991
0.981
200
1
1
0.999
0.091
1
0.999
300
1
1
1
0.109
1
1
400
1
1
1
0.111
1
1
500 1 1 1 0.085 1 1