[BioC] DNA micro-array normalization

[Wolfgang Huber]

Avehna:

I'd try with lmFit / eBayes from limma, since the moderated t-test 
typically provides better power for such small sample sizes. Also,
I'd look at the output of "meanSdPlot" (from the vsn package) and 
"multidensity" or "multiecdf" (from the geneplotter package) to see 
whether the data need (i) transformation and (ii) between-array 
normalisation.  For both, "vsn2" from the vsn package is one possibility.



Michael:

one more :)  -- I guess fortune(117) and fortune(234) apply. Less opaquely,
- I don't know of a test that has power to reject Normality on a sample 
of size 3 or 6.
- Normality of the data is a sufficient condition for some (important) 
theoretical properties of the t-test, but it is not necessary for it to 
provide good enough type I error control and power in applications.


	Best wishes
	Wolfgang


michael watson (IAH-C) scripsit 02/16/2010 09:34 PM:
> This is definitely processed data, and without access to the original data or a description of the analysis methodology, your options are limited.
> 
> Personally, I'd do a test for normality on the "Signal" values, and if they turn out to be normal, I'd run a simple t-test (control vs treatment) on each gene and correct the p-values for multiple testing.
> 
> Simple stuff, but it should work.
> ________________________________________
> From: bioconductor-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch [bioconductor-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of avehna [avhena at gmail.com]
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> Subject: [BioC] DNA micro-array normalization
> 
> Hi There,
> 
> I've got a DNA microarray dataset that looks like this:
> 
> *    Probe                 Signal          Detection
> Detection_p-value                   Descriptions*
> AFFX-BioB-5_at       181                P
> 0.00011                  "E. coli  GEN=bioB  DB_XREF=gb:J04423.1"
> AFFX-BioB-M_at     227.3              P                 0.000044
>    "E. coli  GEN=bioB  DB_XREF=gb:J04423.1"
> AFFX-BioC-5_at     499.2               P
> 0.000052                "E. coli  GEN=bioC  DB_XREF=gb:J04423.1"
> 
> I have control and treatment with 3 replicas for each one of them.
> 
> But I'm not sure whether these data have been already normalized, and on the
> other hand, this is not the typical affymetrix format...
> 
> Could you help me in this regard? What is the typical signal range for rough
> affymetrix data? (these data range from 0 to 9000)
> 
> If the data have been already normalized, Can I calculate the mean (for
> treatment and control) followed by the differential expression of genes
> without taking into account the "Detection" column?
> 
> (I guess I will need to build my ExpressionSet from scratch)
> 
> Thanks a lot (I'm a newbie in bioconductor and micro-array analysis). I will
> appreciate you help!
> 
> Avhena
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Best wishes
      Wolfgang


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