RNAither (version 2.20.0)

makeBoxplot4PlateType: Generate a boxplot of the data per plate

Description

Generates a boxplot comparing the same plates in different experiments.

Usage

makeBoxplot4PlateType(header, dataset, channel, plotTitle, showPlot)

Arguments

header

the header of a dataset file generated with generateDatasetFile

dataset

an R data frame generated with generateDatasetFile

channel

a character string specifying the column whose values will be used for the boxplot

plotTitle

the plot title

showPlot

0 or 1. 1 will open one or several plot windows in the R GUI, 0 will only save the plot(s) without opening windows.

Value

For each plate type, a boxplot of intensity values per experiment will be saved as a pdf and a png file named after the experiment name specified in the header concatenated with the plotTitle and the number of the plate.The function returns a list containing:

plotName

the plotname

minOfPlates

the number of the first experiment

numOfPlates

the number of the last experiment

See Also

makeBoxplotControls, makeBoxplotControlsPerScreen, makeBoxplotControlsPerPlate, makeBoxplotPerPlate, makeBoxplotPerScreen

Examples

data(exampleHeader, package="RNAither")
data(exampleDataset, package="RNAither")

makeBoxplot4PlateType(header, dataset, "SigIntensity", "Data vs. Controls", 1)