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 Volume 7 (2):90-100, 2006.

A computer-intensive method to analyse microarray experiments with a very

small number of replications in case of heteroscedasticity

 

 

Muhammad MA1, Neuhäuser M1, 2

 

1: Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital Essen, Hufelandstr. 55, D-45122 Essen and 2: Department of Mathematics and Technique, RheinAhrCampus, Koblenz University of Applied Science, Südallee 2, D-53424 Remagen, Germany.

 

ABSTRACT

 

Muhammad MA, Neuhäuser M, A computer-intensive method to analyse microarray experiments with a very small number of replications in case of heteroscedasticity, Online J Bioinformatics 7 (2):90-100, 2006. In this paper different tests for the nonparametric Behrens-Fisher problem are investigated, i.e. detecting differences in mean gene expression levels is of primary interest; the tests should not be sensitive for possible pure differences in variability. Beside the rank Welch test and the Brunner-Munzel test a modification of Cliff’s method is studied. In contrast to the original method, the proposed modification has an advantage in case of a very small number of replications (sample size). All tests are performed as bootstrap tests and are applied to both real microarray data as well as simulated data. It is demonstrated that the tests can be applied in case of sample sizes as small as five per group. The results indicate that the rank Welch test is the preferred test.

 

Keywords:    Identification of differentially expressed genes; Bootstrap test; Rank Welch test; Brunner-Munzel test, Cliff’s method

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