Table 1 Estimated empirical type I error rates (Unit: %).
From: An adaptive microbiome α-diversity-based association analysis method
Category | Method | n = 50 | n = 100 |
|---|---|---|---|
Item-by-item α-diversity-based association tests | Richness | 4.920 | 5.001 |
Shannon | 4.977 | 4.938 | |
Simpson | 4.991 | 4.913 | |
PD | 4.969 | 4.967 | |
PE | 4.994 | 4.949 | |
PQE | 4.995 | 4.935 | |
Adaptive α-diversity-based association test | aMiAD | 4.983 | 4.913 |
Community-level association tests | OMiRKAT | 5.012 | 5.024 |
aMiSPU | 5.021 | 5.016 | |
OMiAT | 5.001 | 5.024 | |
Cherry-picking approaches | Minimum P | 16.880 | 16.838 |
Largest ES | 16.874 | 16.824 |
