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Table 9 Comparison of two-group sample test methods (FDR <0.05)

From: MetaComp: comprehensive analysis software for comparative meta-omics including comparative metagenomics

Hypothesis test

True positive

False negative

False positive

True negative

Sensitivity

Specificity

Non-parametric t-test

65

35

0

900

65.0%

100.0%

Paired t-test

100

0

386

524

100.0%

57.6%

t-test

65

35

0

900

65.0%

100.0%

Wilcoxon rank-sum test

44

56

0

900

44.0%

100.0%

Wilcoxon signed-rank testa

100

0

1

899

100.0%

99.9%

  1. aThis method is automatically selected by MetaComp