Biostatistics with R: An Introduction to Statistics Through Biological Data by Babak Shahbaba

Biostatistics with R: An Introduction to Statistics Through Biological Data



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ISBN: 146141301X, 9781461413028
Publisher: Springer
Page: 369
Format: pdf


If you've got a vector of numbers such different input/output data types. While R does have for, while and repeat loops, you'll more likely see operations applied to a data collection using apply() functions or by using the plyr() add-on package functions. The emphasis is on medical and biological cases, but a range of other applications are covered. The authors have fulfilled their main aim of introducing Bayesian ideas through examples using a large number of statistical models. Australian statistical bioinformatician Neal F.W. This has implications for the ranking of differentially expressed genes, and in particular may introduce bias in gene set testing for pathway analysis and other multi-gene systems biology analyses. Over the years I have taught statistics using Excel, Minitab and SPSS. *FREE* super saver shipping on qualifying. Feature of current protocols for RNA-seq technology. BIOSTATISTICS: Compared to other books, it has: An Introduction to Statistical Methods and Data Analysis: R. These days I am preparing materials for courses using iNZight, which is a specifically designed user interface with an R engine. An interesting feature of this book is the humour of the authors It contains a good proportion of WinBUGS and R codes. €� The book is pleasant to read, with humorous comments that make it more amusing than a typical statistics book. We hypothesize, that using statistical methods to detect differential expression between samples is biased by transcript length and that this bias is inherent to the standard RNA-seq process. Biostatistics with R - An Introduction to Statistics Through Biological . Saunders has a nice brief introduction to apply in R in a blog post if you'd like to find out more and see some examples.