normfluordbf: Title: Cleans and Normalizes DBF files obtained from experiments using the FLUOstar microplate reader.
Description
Input the path to a ".dbf" file obtained from the FLUOstar microplate (usually a 96-well microplate) reader;
this function will create a data frame, clean the data frame,
normalize the data frame, append a "Cycle_Number" column and
return a data frame that is ready for analysis.
Most importantly, this function is a single_step function.
Also, the function can be extended to other ".dbf" files if
they follow the format for which this function was designed;
this is totally at the users' discretion.
A normalized data frame with an appended "Cycle_Number" attribute.
Arguments
file
A string ("liposomes_xxx.dbf") if the file is found within the present working directory (pwd) OR a path pointing directly to a ".dbf" file, from FLUOstar experiments.
norm_scale
This parameter can taken in 'hundred', 'one', or 'z-score' which denotes the normalization type; Initialized as NULL.
transformed
This parameter can take in 'log' which denotes a logarithmic box-cox transformation; Initialized as NULL.
fun
A variable defined as NA, used for boolean expressions or manipulation.
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A container object that can be used to capture extra variables if needed.