Description Usage Arguments Details Value Author(s) Examples
foldchange
computes the fold change for two sets of values.
logratio2foldchange
converts values from log-ratios to fold
changes. foldchange2logratio
does the reverse.
1 2 3 | foldchange(num,denom)
logratio2foldchange(logratio, base=2)
foldchange2logratio(foldchange, base=2)
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num,denom |
vector/matrix of numeric values |
logratio |
vector/matrix of log-ratio values |
foldchange |
vector/matrix of fold-change values |
base |
Exponential base for the log-ratio. |
Fold changes are commonly used in the biological sciences as a mechanism for comparing the relative size of two measurements. They are computed as: num/denom if num>denom, and as -denom/num otherwise.
Fold-changes have the advantage of ease of interpretation and symmetry about num=denom, but suffer from a discontinuty between -1 and 1, which can cause significant problems when performing data analysis. Consequently statisticians prefer to use log-ratios.
A vector or matrix of the same dimensions as the input containing the converted values.
Gregory R. Warnes greg@warnes.net
1 2 3 4 5 6 | a <- 1:21
b <- 21:1
f <- foldchange(a,b)
cbind(a,b,f)
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