Table 1

Drop rate at an average accuracy of 0.99915

Drop rate

Dataset

BRLMM

CRLMM

Relative rate

Affymetrix high-quality XBA arrays

0.0115

0.00575

2.00

Affymetrix high-quality HIND arrays

0.0446

0.0228

1.95

Affymetrix high-quality STY arrays

0.0873

0.0171

5.10

Broad Institute first-pass STY arrays

-

0.241

-

Affymetrix first-pass STY arrays

-

0.110

-

Affymetrix high-quality NSP arrays

0.086

0.0347

2.48

Broad Institute first-pass NSP arrays

-

0.180

-

Affymetrix first-pass NSP arrays

-

0.231

-

Chakravarti XBA replicate arrays

-

0.110

-

Chakravarti NSP replicate arrays

0.42

0.0565

7.43

Drop rates greater than 0.50 to reach the desired average accuracy are not considered.

Lin et al. Genome Biology 2008 9:R63   doi:10.1186/gb-2008-9-4-r63