metaMA (version 1.2)

row.ttest.statp: Row paired t-tests

Description

Performs t-tests for paired data row by row.

Usage

row.ttest.statp(mat)

Arguments

mat

Matrix with data to be tested (for example, log-ratios in microarray experiments).

Value

• Vector with t-test statistics.

Details

This function is much faster than employing apply with FUN=t.test.

Examples

## The function is currently defined as
function(mat){ 
m<-rowMeans(mat,na.rm=TRUE) 
sd<-rowSds(mat,na.rm=TRUE)  
tstat<-m/(sd*sqrt(1/dim(mat)[2])) 
return(tstat)}