"dpcr" - general digital PCR"type".
.Datamatrix data from digital PCR experiments. See Details.ninteger equal to the number of partitions in each run.experfactor the id or name of experiments.replicatefactor the id or name of replicate.assayfactor the id or name of the assay.type"character" defining type of data. See Details.type values of dpcr objects:
"ct": cycle threshold of each partition,
"fluo": fluorescence of each partition,
"nm": number of molecules in each partition,
"np": status (positive (1) or negative(0)) of each partition,
"tnp": total number of positive partitions in the run (single
value per each run, not per partition).
Digital PCR data is always a matrix, where columns and rows represent
respectively runs and data points. For example, matrix with 2 columns and 765 rows
means two runs with 765 data points each. In case of "tnp" data, each run is
represented by only one measurement, the count of all positive partitions.
The number of partitions is defined in slot n. In the previous example,
two runs have 765 data points, but they can have less detected partitions
(for example some reads may be not available). In this case, the data point will
have value NA.
The structure of dpcr class is described more deeply in the vignette.