by Biostatsquid | Nov 12, 2022 | Learning, Machine learning, Statistics
In this post I will try to give you a simple and practical explanation on what is Principal Component Analysis and how to use it to visualise your biological data. Principal Component Analysis, or PCA, is a widely used technique to visualise multidimensional datasets....
by Biostatsquid | Nov 8, 2022 | Tutorials, Visualisation
R TUTORIAL: Create your own volcano plot in R in 5 simple steps Table of contents 5 Before you start 5 Volcano plots in R: complete script 5 Step-by-step guide to create your volcano plot 9 Step 1: Set up your script 9 Step 2: Get the data ready 9 Step 3: Create a...
by Biostatsquid | Nov 2, 2022 | Learning, RNAseq, Statistics
What is a volcano plot? Imagine you are carrying out an RNAseq experiment. You have a group of cells A and a group of cells B. Group B was treated with a drug. Now you want to see what effect the drug has in gene expression. Does the drug cause some genes to be...