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Subject: Re: [BioC] limma output
From: "James W. MacDonald" <jmacdon () med ! umich ! edu>
Date: 2006-06-28 17:04:56
Message-ID: 44A2B6B8.6030202 () med ! umich ! edu
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Hi Stephanie,
stephanie walter wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm using limma to normalize and analyse two colour dye swap arrays.
> In the output file I am getting two different p values:
> I. p.value
> II. F.p.value
> I attached an example of the command file I'm using.
> I suppose the first p value (p.value) is the raw p value and the
> second (F.p.value) is the p value adjusted with the FDR value. Can you
> please tell me if this assumption is correct and if it is correct to
> use this F.p.value to make conclusions on differential gene
> expression?
No, you are not correct. The p.value is the p-value associated with a
particular contrast, whereas the F.p.value is the p-value associated
with the F-statistic which tests for a difference in _any_ of the factor
levels.
HTH,
Jim
>
> Thank you very much,
> Stephanie Walter
>
>
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