Ranking based on the 'moderated' t statistic

Description

The 'moderated' t statistic are based on a bayesian hierarchical model which is estimated by an empirical bayes approach. The function is a wrapper to the function fitLm and eBayes of the limma package.

Methods

The input (gene expression and class labels) can be given in three different ways:

x = "matrix", y = "numeric"

signature 1

x = "matrix", y = "factor"

signature 2

x = "ExpressionSet", y = "character"

signature 3

For further argument and output information, consult RankingLimma.