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. 2015 Jul 10;16:217. doi: 10.1186/s12859-015-0641-x

Table 3.

Powers across six DNA methylation differential analysis methods using M values for independent case

n π 1 Power
Rank test t-test KS test Permutation Empirical Bayes Bump hunting BH Bump hunting q-value
3 0.01 0 0.0051 0 0 0.0438 0.0399 0.0434
0.05 0 0.0086 0 0 0.1527 0.0488 0.0573
0.10 0 0.0126 0 0 0.2905 0.0848 0.1079
0.25 0 0.0331 0 0 0.4927 0.2117 0.3023
0.50 0 0.1051 0 0 0.6364 0.3702 0.5922
0.75 0 0.2030 0 0 0.7135 0.4725 0.8386
0.90 0 0.2633 0 0 0.7445 0.5148 0.9629
6 0.01 0.0000 0.2307 0.0000 0.0000 0.5442 0.3903 0.4004
0.05 0.0000 0.4511 0.0000 0.0000 0.6911 0.5977 0.6131
0.10 0.5894 0.5699 0.5894 0.5894 0.7561 0.6913 0.7140
0.25 0.6640 0.7182 0.5926 0.7072 0.8352 0.8014 0.8476
0.50 0.7263 0.8083 0.5919 0.8215 0.8876 0.8609 0.9450
0.75 0.7865 0.8508 0.8654 0.8596 0.9133 0.8838 0.9964
0.90 0.7875 0.8689 0.8666 0.8778 0.9254 0.8920 0.9999
12 0.01 0.7541 0.7896 0.8053 0.0000 0.8317 0.8475 0.8520
0.05 0.8722 0.8956 0.9179 0.8910 0.9151 0.9447 0.9499
0.10 0.9082 0.9224 0.9164 0.9240 0.9379 0.9682 0.9751
0.25 0.9423 0.9535 0.9672 0.9565 0.9649 0.9890 0.9973
0.50 0.9643 0.9708 0.9674 0.9730 0.9791 0.9944 1.0000
0.75 0.9714 0.9784 0.9893 0.9799 0.9854 0.9919 1.0000
0.90 0.9753 0.9817 0.9895 0.9829 0.9881 0.9878 1.0000
24 0.01 0.9612 0.9600 0.9875 0.0000 0.9597 0.9754 0.9763
0.05 0.9883 0.9892 0.9973 0.9861 0.9905 0.9989 0.9990
0.10 0.9929 0.9937 0.9991 0.9935 0.9946 0.9998 0.9999
0.25 0.9967 0.9972 0.9997 0.9972 0.9977 1.0000 1.0000
0.50 0.9982 0.9986 0.9997 0.9986 0.9990 1.0000 1.0000
0.75 0.9989 0.9992 0.9999 0.9992 0.9994 1.0000 1.0000
0.90 0.9990 0.9993 0.9999 0.9993 0.9995 1.0000 1.0000