Should we abandon the t-test in the analysis of gene expression microarray data: a comparison of variance modeling strategies.

High-throughput post-genomic studies are now routinely and promisingly investigated in biological and biomedical research. The main statistical approach to select genes differentially expressed between two groups is to apply a t-test, which is subject of criticism in the literature. Numerous alterna...

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Main Authors: Marine Jeanmougin, Aurelien de Reynies, Laetitia Marisa, Caroline Paccard, Gregory Nuel, Mickael Guedj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2933223?pdf=render