Hi, all, 
I am new to R or even to statistics. Not sure if the question has a answer. But I couldn't find a straight forward answer in the help mailing list. 
I need use MicroArray data to select several diagnostic genes between Normal samples and Tumor samples and use these genes to predict unknow samples.
Since the sample size is so small and data doesn't follow normal distribution, I am thinking to use logistic regression instead of Student T test to select genes. To make the problem simpler, I assume each gene is independent to each other without interactions.
My questions is how I should build up the model: one model for each gene or a multiple variable model to include all genes? Which is the test to compare the discrimination power of each gene? I am thinking it is Wald statistic for the multiple variable model and Maximum likelihood for the single gene models? Am I  correct?
To estimate the cutoff point, I guess the answer is the gene expression when p=0.5 in the model. Am I on the right direction?
Any suggestion is appreciated!
Thanks a lot.
Lingsheng 

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