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Assessing numerical dependence in gene expression summaries with the jackknife expression difference.

ABSTRACT: Statistical methods to test for differential expression traditionally assume that each gene's expression summaries are independent across arrays. When certain preprocessing methods are used to obtain those summaries, this assumption is not necessarily true. In general, the erroneous assumption of dependence results in a loss of statistical power. We introduce a diagnostic measure of numerical dependence for gene expression summaries from any preprocessing method and discuss the relative performance of several common preprocessing methods with respect to this measure. Some common preprocessing methods introduce non-trivial levels of numerical dependence. The issue of (between-array) dependence has received little if any attention in the literature, and researchers working with gene expression data should not take such properties for granted, or they risk unnecessarily losing statistical power.

SUBMITTER: Stevens JR

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3411624 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Assessing numerical dependence in gene expression summaries with the jackknife expression difference.

Stevens John R JR Nicholas Gabriel G

PloS one 20120802 8

Statistical methods to test for differential expression traditionally assume that each gene's expression summaries are independent across arrays. When certain preprocessing methods are used to obtain those summaries, this assumption is not necessarily true. In general, the erroneous assumption of dependence results in a loss of statistical power. We introduce a diagnostic measure of numerical dependence for gene expression summaries from any preprocessing method and discuss the relative performa ...[more]

PMID: 22876276

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Assessing numerical dependence in gene expression summaries with the jackknife expression difference.

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Assessing numerical dependence in gene expression summaries with the jackknife expression difference.

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