normalize {BiocGenerics} | R Documentation |
Normalize an object
Description
A generic function which normalizes an object containing microarray data or other data. Normalization is intended to remove from the intensity measures any systematic trends which arise from the microarray technology rather than from differences between the probes or between the target RNA samples hybridized to the arrays.
Usage
normalize(object, ...)
Arguments
object |
A data object, typically containing microarray data. |
... |
Additional arguments, for use in specific methods. |
Value
An object containing the normalized data.
See Also
-
showMethods
for displaying a summary of the methods defined for a given generic function. -
selectMethod
for getting the definition of a specific method. -
normalize,AffyBatch-method in the affy package and normalize,MSnExp-method in the MSnbase package for examples of specific
normalize
methods (defined for AffyBatch and MSnExp objects, respectively). -
BiocGenerics for a summary of all the generics defined in the BiocGenerics package.
Examples
normalize
showMethods("normalize")
library(affy)
showMethods("normalize")
selectMethod("normalize", "AffyBatch")