Table 3

Percentage of time method is within 5% of the maximum observed power

Gene Set Size
Mean of log-ratios
Standard deviation of log-ratios
FET 1
FET 1/2
MAXMEAN-NR

2–5
0.02–0.24
< 1.0
31
32
55


1.0+
63
53
20

0.50–0.99
< 1.0
25
19
83


1.0+
66
70
71

1.0+
< 1.0
58
66
99


1.0+
100
76
99
10–20
0.02–0.24
< 1.0
20
51
69


1.0+
100
100
86

0.50–0.99
< 1.0
41
56
97


1.0+
97
90
88

1.0+
< 1.0
93
98
100


1.0+
100
100
100
50
0.02–0.24
< 1.0
24
59
82


1.0+
100
100
99

0.50–0.99
< 1.0
62
87
99


1.0+
100
100
93

1.0+
< 1.0
100
100
100


1.0+
100
100
100

Tintle et al. BMC Bioinformatics 2008 9:469   doi:10.1186/1471-2105-9-469