MArrayLM-class {limma}R Documentation

Microarray Linear Model Fit - class

Description

A list-based class for storing the results of fitting gene-wise linear models to a batch of microarrays. Objects are normally created by lmFit.

Slots/Components

MArrayLM objects do not contain any slots (apart from .Data) but they should contain the following list components:

coefficients:
matrix containing fitted coefficients or contrasts
stdev.unscaled:
matrix containing unscaled standard deviations of the coefficients or contrasts
sigma:
numeric vector containing residual variances for each gene
df.residual:
numeric vector containing residual degrees of freedom for each gene

Objects may also contain the following optional components:

genes:
data.frame containing gene names and annotation
design:
design matrix of full column rank
contrasts:
matrix defining contrasts of coefficients for which results are desired
s2.prior:
numeric value giving empirical Bayes estimated prior value for residual variances
df.prior:
numeric vector giving empirical Bayes estimated degrees of freedom associated with s2.prior for each gene
s2.post:
numeric vector giving posterior residual variances
t:
matrix containing empirical Bayes t-statistics
var.prior:
numeric vector giving empirical Bayes estimated variance for each true coefficient

Methods

RGList objects will return dimensions and hence functions such as dim, nrow and ncol are defined. MArrayLM objects inherit a show method from the virtual class LargeDataObject.

The functions ebayes and classifyTestsF accept MArrayLM objects as arguments.

Author(s)

Gordon Smyth

See Also

2.Classes gives an overview of all the classes defined by this package.


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