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Controlling bias and inflation in association studies using the empirical null distribution

v1.40.0 · software · GPL (>= 2)
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Entered 3.3 · May 4, 2016

Current · Requires R 4.6

1.0 In 21 of 49 releases 3.23

Description

Bacon can be used to remove inflation and bias often observed in epigenome- and transcriptome-wide association studies. To this end bacon constructs an empirical null distribution using a Gibbs Sampling algorithm by fitting a three-component normal mixture on z-scores.

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Topics

Software › ResearchField › Immunology › ImmunoOncology
Software › StatisticalMethod
Software › StatisticalMethod › Bayesian
Software › StatisticalMethod › Regression
Software › BiologicalQuestion › GenomeWideAssociation
Software › ResearchField › Transcriptomics
Software › Technology › Sequencing › RNASeq
Software › Technology › Microarray › MethylationArray
Software › WorkflowStep › BatchEffect
Software › WorkflowStep › MultipleComparison

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