How to Group Genes according to Expression Profiles?

Table 7

Estimated mean, standard error, and lower (LB) and upper boundaries (UB) of a 95% confidence interval for the bias of each combination of method (𝑀) and number of replicates (𝑁). The table is sorted in descending order of bias within each level of 𝑁. True number of clusters: 𝑘=10. Clustering algorithm: complete linkage.

𝑀	𝑁	Mean bias	Standard error	LB (95%)	UB (95%)
HOPACHm	3	33.00	2.58	27.94	38.06
HOPACHc	3	25.18	2.58	20.12	30.24
Gap	3	−1.95	0.23	−2.40	−1.50
H	3	−2.27	0.23	−2.72	−1.82
gDGC	3	−3.75	0.23	−4.20	−3.30
MClust	3	−3.95	0.23	−4.40	−3.50
CH	3	−5.48	0.23	−5.93	−5.03
Silh	3	−6.57	0.23	−7.02	−6.12
CCCm	3	−7.11	0.23	−7.56	−6.66
CCC	3	−7.23	0.23	−7.68	−6.78
HOPACHm	6	32.39	2.58	27.33	37.45
HOPACHc	6	27.43	2.58	22.37	32.49
Gap	6	−0.89	0.23	−1.34	−0.44
H	6	−1.36	0.23	−1.81	−0.91
gDGC	6	−2.45	0.23	−2.90	−2.00
MClust	6	−2.98	0.23	−3.43	−2.53
CH	6	−3.55	0.23	−4.00	−3.10
Silh	6	−5.25	0.23	−5.70	−4.80
CCCm	6	−7.16	0.23	−7.61	−6.71
CCC	6	−7.23	0.23	−7.68	−6.78