Re: [R] help on proportions

2013-02-01 Thread Ista Zahn
Hi Srini, This is a statistics question, not a question about R, so this may not be the best place to ask. Try posting at http://stats.stackexchange.com/ or another statistics help list. Best, Ista On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 11:11 PM, Srinivas Iyyer srini_iyyer_...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi: Apologies

Re: [R] help on proportions

2013-02-01 Thread James C. Whanger
Hello Srini, It sounds as if you are attempting to establish a prior probability and compare it to the posterior probability -- a perfect candidate for bayesian analysis. I would simply do a search for 'bayesian analysis of gene expression data' -- there are a number of statistical packages that

[R] help on proportions

2013-01-31 Thread Srinivas Iyyer
Hi: Apologies for asking the following question. As this may sound very basic and stupid for this forum , I honestly do not know how to solve it and I do not have a teacher who can help me understand.   I have list of genes (200) that are involved in a particular process and I call this as a