recommendMethod: Method "recommendMethod"
In PhenStat: Statistical analysis of phenotypic data

Description Usage Arguments Value Author(s) References See Also Examples

Checks the dependent variable and dataset to make choose the appropriate statistical method. Returns the method or the list of methods that are appropriate for statistical analysis.

    recommendMethod(phenList   = NULL,
                depVariable    = NULL,
                outputMessages = TRUE,
                upper          = 5)

`phenList`	instance of the `PhenList` class; mandatory argument
`depVariable`	a character string defining the dependent variable of interest; mandatory argument
`outputMessages`	flag: "FALSE" value to suppress output messages; "TRUE" value to show output messages; default value TRUE
`upper`	Single integer: maximum allowed number of levels for the Batch in the TF framework

Returns the method or the list of methods that are appropriate for statistical analysis.

Natalja Kurbatova, Natasha Karp, Jeremy Mason

Karp N, Melvin D, Sanger Mouse Genetics Project, Mott R (2012): Robust and Sensitive Analysis of Mouse Knockout Phenotypes. PLoS ONE 7(12): e52410. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052410

West B, Welch K, Galecki A (2007): Linear Mixed Models: A practical guide using statistical software New York: Chapman & Hall/CRC 353 p.

PhenList

    file <- system.file("extdata", "test1.csv", package="PhenStat")
    test <- PhenStat:::PhenList(dataset=read.csv(file,na.strings = '-'),
            testGenotype="Sparc/Sparc")
    PhenStat:::recommendMethod(test,"Lean.Mass")