PSCBS (version 0.38.4)

estimateStandardDeviation.CBS: Estimates the whole-genome standard deviation of the signals

Description

Estimates the whole-genome standard deviation of the signals.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'CBS':
estimateStandardDeviation(fit, chromosomes=NULL, method=c("diff", "res", "abs",
  "DNAcopy"), estimator=c("mad", "sd"), na.rm=TRUE, weights=NULL, ...)

Arguments

chromosomes

An optional vector specifying the subset of chromosomes used for the estimate. If NULL, all chromosomes are used.

method

A character string specifying the method used.

estimator

A character string or a function specifying the internal estimator.

na.rm

If TRUE, missing values are dropped, otherwise not.

weights

An optional double vector of nbrOfLoci() non-negative weights.

...

Not used.

Value

• Returns a non-negative numeric scale.

See Also

For more information see CBS.