Table 2

Percentage of samples failing the Kolmogorov-Smirnov normality test
Array
 Materials
 No. of arrays
 No. of probe sets
 Threshold
 % failure (total)
 % failure (above)
 % failure (below)
Affy. HuGeneFL
 human cell line SKBR [a]
 5
 7070
 2.7
 7.2
 6.9
 7.8
Affy. HuGeneFL
 human cell line IMR90 [a]
 11
 7070
 4.1
 6.3
 6.5
 5.9
Affy. U74Av2
 murine lung tissue [b]
 5
 12422
 10.0
 6.1
 6.6
 5.5
Affy. U74Av2
 murine lung tissue [c]
 5
 12422
 13.6
 7.6
 8.3
 6.4
Affy. U74Av2
 murine lung tissue [d]
 11
 12422
 14.2
 10.6
 10.6
 10.7
Affy. Focus
 human blood cell line [e]
 9
 8746
 5.0
 6.14
 6.14
 6.14
Illumina 1
 human cell line GM10469 [f]
 4
 633
 2.1
 4.6
 3.9
 6.2
Illumina 2
 human cell line GM10469 [f]
 4
 633
 3.6
 6.5
 6.6
 6.2
Average
 ---
 ---
 ---
 ---
 6.9
 6.9
 6.9

Percentage of samples failing the Kolmogorov-Smirnov normality test at the level P = 0.05. All arrays are normalized to 100% of the mean value. The columns %failure (above) and %failure (below) give percentage of failures above and below the specified threshold.

[a] data Ref. [10].

[b] C57BL/6 (B6) WT mice, data Ref. [15].

[c] C57BL/6-Cftr-/- KO inbred mice, data Ref. [15].

[d] data M. Cosio.

[e] data O. Modlich and S. Raschke.

[f] lymphoblast cell line GM10469 [8].

Novak et al. Biology Direct 2006 1:27   doi:10.1186/1745-6150-1-27