mdplot                 package:limma                 R Documentation

_m_d_p_l_o_t

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Creates a mean-difference plot.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     mdplot(x, ...)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

       x: numeric 'matrix' with at least two columns

     ...: any other arguments are passed to 'plot'

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     Plots differences vs means for a set of bivariate values. This is
     useful to contrast expression values for two microarrays.

     Note that an MA-plot 'plotMA' is a type of mean-difference plot.

_V_a_l_u_e:

     A plot is created on the current graphics device.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Gordon Smyth

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Chambers, J. M., Cleveland, W. S., Kleiner, B., and Tukey, P. A.
     (1983). Graphical Methods of Data Analysis. Wadsworth (pp. 48-57).

     Cleveland, W. S., (1993). Visualizing Data. Hobart Press.

     Bland, J. M., and Altman, D. G. (1986). Statistical methods for
     assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement.
     Lancet i, 307-310.

     See also <URL: http://www.statsci.org/micrarra/refs/maplots.html>

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     An overview of diagnostic functions available in LIMMA is given in
     09.Diagnostics.

