rsd.test: Compare two groups with respect to their RSD (CV)

In SAGx: Statistical Analysis of the GeneChip

Description

A by row comparison of the Relative Standard Deviation (RSD), asa Coefficient of Variation (CV), is done using a bootstrap

Usage

rsd.test(data1 = x, data2= y, B = NULL)

Arguments

data1	A matrix with the samples for group 1 in columns.
data2	A matrix with the samples for group 2 in columns.
B	the number of bootstrap iterations. If NULL no bootstrap is performed.

Value

A list with the components

cv1	A vector of the RSD's for sample 1
cv2	A vector of the RSD's for sample 2
t.stat	the test statistic
p.vals	A vector of p-values for the comparison between cv1 and cv2

Author(s)

Per Broberg

References

Broberg P, Estimation of Relative Standard Deviation,(1999) in Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy, Vol 25 no 1 37-43

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