prepcombat.single.indep:
Pair-wise combination of single data sets prior to the application of ComBat and independent validation.
Description
Combine in a pair-wise manner the gene expression values, survival time and censoring status of two single data sets prior to the application of ComBat.
Usage
prepcombat.single.indep(ds1, ds2,i, j, batchID)
Arguments
ds1
Matrix of gene expression data of one of the single data sets.
ds2
Matrix of gene expression data of the other single data sets.
i
An integer or character string specifying the batch ID of the data set ds1
j
An integer or character string specifying the batch ID of the data set ds2
batchID
The batch id can be an integer for a given data set or the name of a data set. The batch id must be the same for all samples or arrays of a data set.
Value
ComBat-adjusted merged gene expression data.
Warning
This function is not called by the user directly.