Table 6.

Mean estimates using Tukey's test for Healthy subjects, IPF, and COVID-19 patients. Estimation of the mean values for $\tau =2$, and estimation of the mean ranks for the remaining scale factors.

Scale factor ($\tau$)	Mean estimates
	Healthy subjects	IPF patients	COVID-19 patients
1	$34.54\pm 5.86$	$46.31\pm 5.86$	$63.80\pm 4.18$
2	$0.45\pm 0.02$	$0.48\pm 0.02$	$0.57\pm 0.01$
3	$19.54\pm 5.86$	$46.69\pm 5.86$	$71.25\pm 4.18$
4	$18.92\pm 5.86$	$49.19\pm 5.86$	$70.29\pm 4.18$
5	$32.81\pm 5.86$	$49.81\pm 5.86$	$62.90\pm 4.18$
6	$20.31\pm 5.86$	$50.12\pm 5.86$	$69.12\pm 4.18$
7	$20.31\pm 5.86$	$49.42\pm 5.86$	$69.47\pm 4.18$
8	$21.44\pm 5.86$	$50.27\pm 5.86$	$68.46\pm 4.18$
9	$45.38\pm 5.86$	$42.65\pm 5.86$	$60.14\pm 4.18$
10	$67.46\pm 5.86$	$50.19\pm 5.86$	$45.04\pm 4.18$