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GGtools (version 5.8.0)

sensanal: Summarize information from a collection of eQTL searches for sensitivity assessment

Description

Summarize information from a collection of eQTL searches for sensitivity assessment

Usage

sensanal(object, fdrbound)

Arguments

object
instance of sensiCisInput-class
fdrbound
numeric upper bound on FDR for declarations of eQTL yield

Value

a sensiCisOutput-class instance

Details

Sensitivity analysis for cis-eQTL search involves checking effects of scope of search, allele frequency filtering, and adjustment for expression heterogeneity on eQTL declarations. In this version, we focus on collections of outputs of best.cis.eQTLs, to which the values of tuning parameters are bound. These collections are identified in a sensiCisInput-class instance, and the sensanal function processes these outputs into a sensiCisOutput-class instance for tabulation and visualization.