[BioC] comparing correlation coefficients
Ilhem Diboun
idiboun at biochemistry.ucl.ac.uk
Wed Feb 15 20:49:01 CET 2006
Dear all
I would greaty appreaciate any help with the following. Can Pearson
correlation coefficient from data on different range or scale be
compared??.For example, if I compute the (r) value from a pair of intensity
ratio datasets spanning the range -10 to +10, can I compare it with an
the (r) value from another pair of intensity ratio data sets spanning a
different range say -5 to +5. Similarily, can I compare the (r) value from
correlating a pair of intensity ratio datasets with that from
correlating a pair of absolute intensity datasets (where the scale is
different). The question that I would want to address from such comparison
is whether the ratios covary better than the raw intensities.
Please let me know if this is not clear enough...
Many thanks.
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