[BioC] RMA-bimodality:

[Claus Mayer]

Hi Philip,

the bimodality we discuss here is ACROSS genes. Normality/Unimodality 
that is assumed for parametric tests concerns the error distribution 
WITHIN the replicates for the same gene, i.e. the bi-modality of GCRMA 
normalized data across gene does not have any direct implications on 
whether a parametric or non-parametric test is preferable.

Regards,

Claus

Phguardiol at aol.com wrote:
> Hi,
> these are comments/questions from a neophyte who asked questions about  this, 
> one or 2 years ago on this list, and did not get clear answer !
> is this bimodal distribution observed with GCRMA against the use of  
> parametric tests, does it favor the use of non parametric tests ? Said  differently, 
> should this distribution affect our choice regarding  statistical tests for 
> subsequent analyses ?
>   

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