[BioC] P values

[Stefano Calza]

This is surprising to me. topTable returns corrected p-value, but to my knowledge not using the q-value algorithm. Is there a new function TopTable? Not in the release version.

Stefano

On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 05:27:21PM -0400, Naomi Altman wrote:
<Naomi>If you are using TopTable, then you are obtaining the q-value, not the 
<Naomi>p-value.  The q-value does not have a 1-1 relationship with the t-value.
<Naomi>
<Naomi>--Naomi
<Naomi>
<Naomi>At 09:53 AM 7/12/2005, Tai, Helen wrote:
<Naomi>>I have been having problems with getting P values when using limma with affy
<Naomi>>data from the Arabidopsis AG arrays but not the ATH1 arrays.  All the P
<Naomi>>values from the AG data are 0.999984 even though the t statistic is varying
<Naomi>>in value.  Has anyone else had this problem?
<Naomi>>
<Naomi>>Helen
<Naomi>>
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