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Published in final edited form as: Exp Results. 2020 Nov 16;1:e52. doi: 10.1017/exp.2020.58

Table 1.

Comparing Features of T-Estimates by UPS Status

	(−UPS)	(+) UPS	Test Statistic	p-value
Standard Deviation Across Replicate Ct Values	0.14 (0.09)	0.10 (0.07)	t_322.038 = 4.555	p < 0.001
CV Across Replicate Ct Values	0.49 (0.32)	0.38 (0.25)	t_330.442 = 3.829	p < 0.001
Standard Deviation Across Replicate Natural Log Transformed T-Estimates	0.07 (0.04)	0.05 (0.03)	t_329.618 = 4.294	p < 0.001
CV Across Replicate Natural Log Transformed T-Estimates	0.41 (0.26)	0.31 (0.20)	t_331.142 = 3.909	p < 0.001
Replicate Level Efficiency	1.88 (0.08)	1.89 (0.05)	t_921.119 = −3.571	p < 0.001
Standard Deviation Across Replicate Level Efficiencies	0.05 (0.03)	0.04 (0.02)	t_293.912 = 5.979	p < 0.001
Coefficient of Variation Across Replicate Level Efficiencies	2.79 (1.51)	1.88 (0.97)	t_292.945 = 6.131	p < 0.001
Sample Level Efficiency	1.88 (0.05)	1.89 (0.04)	t_311.781 = −2.963	p = 0.003
Plate Level Efficiency	1.87 (0.03)	1.89 (0.02)	t₁₅ = −2.430	p = 0.028

Test statistics reported from independent samples t-test. Values reported are Mean (Standard Deviation). CV = coefficient of variation.