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globaltest

Testing Groups of Covariates/Features for Association with a Response Variable, with Applications to Gene Set Testing

Bioconductor version: 3.24 · Package version: 5.67.0

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The global test tests groups of covariates (or features) for association with a response variable. This package implements the test with diagnostic plots and multiple testing utilities, along with several functions to facilitate the use of this test for gene set testing of GO and KEGG terms.

DOI: 10.18129/B9.bioc.globaltest

Installation

if (!require("BiocManager", quietly = TRUE))
    install.packages("BiocManager")

BiocManager::install("globaltest")

Details

MaintainerJelle Goeman <j.j.goeman@lumc.nl>
AuthorJelle Goeman and Jan Oosting, with contributions by Livio Finos, Aldo Solari, Dominic Edelmann
LicenseGPL (>= 2)
Source branchdevel
Build report Bioconductor build system, r-universe
biocViewsBioinformatics, DifferentialExpression, GO, Microarray, OneChannel, Pathways, Software
Package Short Url https://bioconductor.org/packages/globaltest/

Citation

From within R, enter citation("globaltest"):

Jelle Goeman and Jan Oosting, with contributions by Livio Finos, Aldo Solari, Dominic Edelmann. globaltest: Testing Groups of Covariates/Features for Association with a Response Variable, with Applications to Gene Set Testing. doi:10.18129/B9.bioc.globaltest, R package version 5.67.0, https://bioconductor.org/packages/globaltest.

Generated from the package metadata; it may differ from the package's own citation.

Documentation

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Source packageglobaltest_5.67.0.tar.gz
Windows binary (x86_64)globaltest_5.67.0.zip
macOS binary (arm64)globaltest_5.67.0.tgz
macOS binary (x86_64)globaltest_5.67.0.tgz
Dependencies

Depends: methods, survival

Imports: Biobase, AnnotationDbi, annotate, graphics

Suggests: vsn, golubEsets, KEGGREST, hu6800.db, Rgraphviz, GO.db, lungExpression, org.Hs.eg.db, GSEABase, penalized, gss, MASS, boot, rpart, mstate

Reverse dependencies

Depends On Me (1): GlobalAncova

Imports Me (5): BiSeq, ChAMP, EGSEA, miRtest, SIM

Suggests Me (3): GiANT, penalized, topGO