Table 2

Performance of the tests in simulation 2, H0,A is true, H0,B is false and f (Y|Y τ X = 1) is radically different from f (Y|Y τ X = 0) (see Figure 3 for details of simulation).

Test
Sample Size (N) Per Group



50
80
100





α = .05
α = .01
α = .05
α = .01
α = .05
α = .01

Tests of H0,A (Wang-Allison tests)
QT3 with τ set to 130.
0.032
0.008
0.041
0.006
0.040
0.006
QT3 with τ set to sample 90th percentile.
0.034
0.034
0.104
0.009
0.062
0.018
QT4 with τ set to 130.
0.038
0.008
0.051
0.009
0.047
0.007
QT4 with τ set to sample 90th percentile.
0.034
0.034
0.104
0.033
0.062
0.018
Tests of H0,B
Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney with τ set to 130.
0.264
0.090
0.504
0.261
0.631
0.368
Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney with τ set to sample 90th percentile.
0.16
0.051
0.314
0.143
0.406
0.220
Permutation test with τ set to 130
0.337
0.111
0.608
0.332
0.737
0.456
Permutation test with τ set to sample 90th percentile.
0.197
0.047
0.423
0.204
0.525
0.284
Tests of H0,C (new tests)
Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney with τ set to 130.
0.051
0.008
0.062
0.012
0.056
0.010
Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney with τ set to sample 90th percentile.
0.107
0.029
0.090
0.028
0.124
0.035
Permutation test with τ set to 130.
0.061
0.013
0.055
0.012
0.065
0.014
Permutation test with τ set to sample 90th percentile.
0.109
0.032
0.097
0.03
0.129
0.046

Gao et al. BMC Medical Research Methodology 2008 8:49   doi:10.1186/1471-2288-8-49