| Literature DB >> 20826130 |
Bo Xu1, Xuyan Feng, Rebecca D Burdine.
Abstract
The categorical data set is an important data class in experimental biology and contains data separable into several mutually exclusive categories. Unlike measurement of a continuous variable, categorical data cannot be analyzed with methods such as the Student's t-test. Thus, these data require a different method of analysis to aid in interpretation. In this article, we will review issues related to categorical data, such as how to plot them in a graph, how to integrate results from different experiments, how to calculate the error bar/region, and how to perform significance tests. In addition, we illustrate analysis of categorical data using experimental results from developmental biology and virology studies.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20826130 PMCID: PMC3021327 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.08.018
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Dev Biol ISSN: 0012-1606 Impact factor: 3.582