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BMC BIOINFORMATICS
Volume 10, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-10-209
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- Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia [CGL2008-00135/BOS, MTM2005-01274]
- FEDER
- Xunta de Galicia [PGIDT02PXIC30101PM, PGIDIT07PXIB300191PR]
- University of Vigo [64102C124]
- Isidro Parga Pondal research
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Background: The detection of true significant cases under multiple testing is becoming a fundamental issue when analyzing high-dimensional biological data. Unfortunately, known multitest adjustments reduce their statistical power as the number of tests increase. We propose a new multitest adjustment, based on a sequential goodness of fit metatest (SGoF), which increases its statistical power with the number of tests. The method is compared with Bonferroni and FDR-based alternatives by simulating a multitest context via two different kinds of tests: 1) one-sample t-test, and 2) homogeneity G-test. Results: It is shown that SGoF behaves especially well with small sample sizes when 1) the alternative hypothesis is weakly to moderately deviated from the null model, 2) there are widespread effects through the family of tests, and 3) the number of tests is large. Conclusion: Therefore, SGoF should become an important tool for multitest adjustment when working with high-dimensional biological data.
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