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Statistical tests for differential expression in cDNA microarray experiments

Xiangqin Cui and Gary A Churchill email

The Jackson Laboratory, 600 Main Street, Bar Harbor, Maine 04609, USA

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Genome Biology 2003, 4:210doi:10.1186/gb-2003-4-4-210

Published: 17 March 2003

Subject areas: Bioinformatics, Genome studies, Methods

Abstract

Extracting biological information from microarray data requires appropriate statistical methods. The simplest statistical method for detecting differential expression is the t test, which can be used to compare two conditions when there is replication of samples. With more than two conditions, analysis of variance (ANOVA) can be used, and the mixed ANOVA model is a general and powerful approach for microarray experiments with multiple factors and/or several sources of variation.


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