Hello, I am new to NGS analysis, but that's the task I've been assigned. I have received NGS data that I am trying to decipher.
I am attempting to learn what exactly is meant by "unadjusted p-value" and "FDR" in looking at comparison ttests of genes (the comparisons are between NGS of animals treated with drug or placebo). I understand the basic concepts, but not how to functionally make use of them. Most of the values seem fairly large (well over 0.1 for p-values, in the 0.1 to 0.9 range for FDR) when looking at data sets of ~20,000 to 40,000 members. My goal here is to determine a value for each that would allow me to gate on the genes with meaningful expression differences. Is there a specific value I should use as the boundary, or some way to calculate it based on the sample size or something?
I am attempting to learn what exactly is meant by "unadjusted p-value" and "FDR" in looking at comparison ttests of genes (the comparisons are between NGS of animals treated with drug or placebo). I understand the basic concepts, but not how to functionally make use of them. Most of the values seem fairly large (well over 0.1 for p-values, in the 0.1 to 0.9 range for FDR) when looking at data sets of ~20,000 to 40,000 members. My goal here is to determine a value for each that would allow me to gate on the genes with meaningful expression differences. Is there a specific value I should use as the boundary, or some way to calculate it based on the sample size or something?
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