normalize.contrasts {affy} | R Documentation

## Normalize intensities using the contrasts method

### Description

Scale chip objects in an `AffyBatch-class`.

### Usage

    normalize.AffyBatch.contrasts(abatch,span=2/3,choose.subset=TRUE,
                                  subset.size=5000,verbose=TRUE,
                                  family="symmetric",type=c("together","pmonly","mmonly","separate"))

### Arguments

`abatch` | an `AffyBatch-class`
`span` | parameter to be passed to the function `loess`.
`choose.subset` |
`subset.size` |
`verbose` | verbosity flag
`family` | parameter to be passed to the function `loess`.
`type` | A string specifying how the normalization should be applied.

### Value

An object of the same class as the one passed.

### See Also

`maffy.normalize`

### Examples

[Package affy version 1.5.8-1 Index]