“…Intuitively, a higher Z ′ factor (a larger difference between the signals obtained for positive and negative controls and/or smaller standard deviations in their signals) is expected to result in a higher hit rate, although this is also dependent on the statistical cutoff used to determine a hit . In order to confirm whether this expected correlation existed, the confirmed % hit rate for campaigns identified in Table , ,,,,,− Table , ,,,,,− ,,,,,,,− ,,, and several additional papers − was plotted as a function of Z ′ factor (Figure ).…”