test.correlation {RPPanalyzer}R Documentation

Tests for correlations in RPPA data

Description

Tests for correlation between protein expression value and any continuous data using cor.test.

Usage

   test.correlation(x, param = "concentration", method.cor = "kendall",
   method.padj = "BH", file = "correlation_plot.pdf")

Arguments

x List containing RPPa data set
param character describing the parameter
method.cor character string describing the correlation
method.padj character string describing the method for the p-value correction for multiple testing.
file character string

Value

generates a pdf file

Author(s)

Heiko Mannsperger <h.mannsperger@dkfz.de>

See Also

For information about the argument method.cor see cor.test, informations about methods.padj can be found under p.adjust

Examples


        library(RPPanalyzer)
        data(dataIII)
        dataIII_median <- sample.median(dataIII)
        test.correlation(dataIII_median,param="staging")


[Package RPPanalyzer version 1.0.2 Index]