geneSignatureFinder (version 2014.02.17)

BHcorrection: Benjamini & Hochberg (1995) method for p-values correction

Description

This function evaluate the p-values correction according to the Benjamini & Hochberg (1995) method.

Usage

BHcorrection(pvs, alpha = 0.05)

Arguments

pvs

list of p-values

alpha

level of significance of the test

Value

• list of corrected p-values

References

Benjamini, Y. and Hochberg, Y. (1995). Controlling the false discovery rate: a practical and powerful approach to multiple testing. J. Roy. Statist. Soc. Ser. B 57 289-300.

Examples

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data <- matrix(rnorm(50000), 10000, 5)
pvs <- apply(data, 1, function(xx) t.test(xx, alternative = "less")$p.value)
qvs <- BHcorrection(pvs)