limma (version 3.22.7)

mdplot: mdplot

Description

Creates a mean-difference plot.

Usage

mdplot(x, xlab="Mean", ylab="Difference", ...)

Arguments

x

numeric matrix with at least two columns.

xlab

label for the x-axis.

ylab

label for the y-axis.

...

any other arguments are passed to plotWithHighlights.

Value

Details

Plots differences vs means for a set of bivariate values. This is useful to contrast expression values for two microarrays.

An MA-plot plotMA is a type of mean-difference plot.

References

Chambers, J. M., Cleveland, W. S., Kleiner, B., and Tukey, P. A. (1983). Graphical Methods of Data Analysis. Wadsworth (pp. 48-57).

Cleveland, W. S., (1993). Visualizing Data. Hobart Press.

Bland, J. M., and Altman, D. G. (1986). Statistical methods for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement. Lancet i, 307-310.

See also http://www.statsci.org/micrarra/refs/maplots.html

See Also

plotMA, plotWithHighlights

An overview of diagnostic functions available in LIMMA is given in 09.Diagnostics.