globalSeq-package: Negative binomial global test

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Description

Testing for association between RNA-Seq and other genomic data is challenging due to high variability of the former and high dimensionality of the latter.

Using the negative binomial distribution and a random effects model, we developed an omnibus test that overcomes both difficulties. It may be conceptualised as a test of overall significance in regression analysis, where the response variable is overdispersed and the number of explanatory variables exceeds the sample size.

The proposed method can detect genetic and epigenetic alterations that affect gene expression. It can examine complex regulatory mechanisms of gene expression.

Getting started

omnibus tests entire covariate sets
proprius shows individual contributions
cursus analyses the whole genome

The following command opens the vignette:
utils::vignette("globalSeq")

More information

A Rauschenberger, MA Jonker, MA van de Wiel, and RX Menezes (2016). "Testing for association between RNA-Seq and high-dimensional data", BMC Bioinformatics. 17:118. html pdf (open access)

a.rauschenberger@vumc.nl


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