Optimal alpha reduces error rates in gene expression studies: a meta-analysis approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Transcriptomic approaches (microarray and RNA-seq) have been a tremendous advance for molecular science in all disciplines, but they have made interpretation of hypothesis testing more difficult because of the large number of comparisons that are done within an experiment. The result has been a proliferation of techniques aimed at solving the multiple comparisons problem, techniques that have focused primarily on minimizing Type I error with little or no concern about concomitant increases in Type II errors. We have previously proposed a novel approach for setting statistical thresholds with applications for high throughput omics-data, optimal α, which minimizes the probability of making either error (i.e. Type I or II) and eliminates the need for post-hoc adjustments.

SUBMITTER: Mudge JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5480162 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature