shuffle_designMat_by_group: Shuffle a variable in a design matrix within studies or...
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View source: R/shuffle_designMat_by_group.R

shuffle_designMat_by_group

R Documentation

Shuffle a variable in a design matrix within studies or groups

Description

This function is designed to shuffle annotation data among samples within studies or groups. It is designed to test the effect of assocations between variables across studies or groups, by allowing comparison of the trend recovered if all relationships within the data are retained EXCEPT FOR the values of the variable of interest.

Usage

shuffle_designMat_by_group(designMat, shuffle_col, group_cols)

Arguments

`designMat`	a design matrix.
`shuffle_col`	the name or number of the column of `designMat` to shuffle.
`group_cols`	the names or numbers of the columns of `designMat` corresponding to the groups/studies. Values of the shuffled column are resampled WITHIN group/study