Methods that remove batch effects while retaining group differences may lead to exaggerated confidence in downstream analyses

Biostatistics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 29-39

  Nygaard, Vegard ^a   Rødland, Einar Andreas ^a   Hovig, Eivind ^a,b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Batch effects; Data normalization; Microarrays; Reproducible research.

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84959901445     PISSN: 14654644     EISSN: 14684357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxv027     Document Type: Article

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