Table 2 A normalisation method abbreviation dictionary.
From: A hierarchical approach to removal of unwanted variation for large-scale metabolomics data
Tags | Definition |
|---|---|
X_Y | Methods separated by ‘_’ indicates 2 levels of adjustments applied. In this example, X is the intra-batch adjustment applied and Y indicates the inter-batch adjustment method applied |
X+Y | Methods separated by ‘+’ denotes a method Y implemented in an R package X |
loess | A loess line fitting method with pooled QC samples |
rlm | A robust linear model fitted to pooled QC samples |
loessSample | A loess line fitting method only on biological samples |
rlmSample | A robust linear model fitted only on biological samples |
short | RUV with short (intra-batch) sample replicates |
batch | RUV with batch (inter-batch) sample replicates |
_H | A hierarchical balanced tree approach |
_Hc | A hierarchical concatenating tree approach |
