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Table 1 Size and power comparison of the Levene test and two contrast alternatives given an dominant mode of inheritance

From: Model-specific tests on variance heterogeneity for detection of potentially interacting genetic loci

  

Levene

MC TPairs

MC TAve

p

N

δ= 0

0.5

1

0

0.5

1

0

0.5

1

0.5

25

0.025

0.105

0.228

0.025

0.107

0.227

0.023

0.100

0.224

 

50

0.036

0.398

0.792

0.036

0.392

0.790

0.035

0.403

0.794

 

75

0.040

0.690

0.978

0.041

0.692

0.978

0.040

0.697

0.979

 

100

0.039

0.868

0.999

0.038

0.869

0.999

0.039

0.871

0.999

0.75

25

0.015

0.126

0.268

0.015

0.131

0.282

0.013

0.118

0.263

 

50

0.026

0.544

0.803

0.025

0.564

0.807

0.023

0.533

0.800

 

75

0.036

0.842

0.954

0.035

0.850

0.955

0.032

0.831

0.954

 

100

0.040

0.955

0.986

0.040

0.960

0.986

0.039

0.951

0.986