Normalize an object
A generic function which normalizes an object containing microarray data or other data. Normalization is intended to remove from the intensity measures any systematic trends which arise from the microarray technology rather than from differences between the probes or between the target RNA samples hybridized to the arrays.
normalize(object, ...)
object |
A data object, typically containing microarray data. |
... |
Additional arguments, for use in specific methods. |
An object containing the normalized data.
showMethods
for displaying a summary of the
methods defined for a given generic function.
selectMethod
for getting the definition of
a specific method.
normalize,AffyBatch-method in the affy
package and normalize,MSnExp-method in the
MSnbase package for examples of specific normalize
methods (defined for AffyBatch and
MSnExp objects, respectively).
BiocGenerics for a summary of all the generics defined in the BiocGenerics package.
normalize showMethods("normalize") library(affy) showMethods("normalize") selectMethod("normalize", "AffyBatch")
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