pmcorrect package:affy R Documentation _P_M _C_o_r_r_e_c_t_i_o_n _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n: Corrects the PM intensities in a 'ProbeSet' for nonspecific binding. _U_s_a_g_e: pmcorrect.pmonly(object) pmcorrect.subtractmm(object) pmcorrect.mas(object, contrast.tau=0.03, scale.tau=10, delta=2^(-20)) _A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s: object: An object of class 'ProbeSet'. contrast.tau: a number denoting the contrast tau parameter in the MAS 5.0 pm correction algorithm. scale.tau: a number denoting the scale tau parameter in the MAS 5.0 pm correction algorithm. delta: a number denoting the detla parameter in the MAS 5.0 pm correction algorithm. _D_e_t_a_i_l_s: These are the pm correction methods perfromed by Affymetrix MAS 4.0 (subtractmm) and MAS 5.0 (mas). See the Affymetrix Manual for details. pmonly does what you think: does not change the PM values. _V_a_l_u_e: A 'ProbeSet' for which the 'pm' slot contains the corrected PM values. _R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s: Affymetrix MAS 4.0 and 5.0 manual _E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s: data(affybatch.example) gn <- geneNames(affybatch.example) pps <- probeset(affybatch.example, gn[1])[[1]] pps.pmonly <- pmcorrect.pmonly(pps) pps.subtractmm <- pmcorrect.subtractmm(pps) pps.mas5 <- pmcorrect.mas(pps) par(mfrow=c(2,2)) #plot(pm(pps.pmonly), pm(pps.subtractmm)) #plot(pm(pps.pmonly),pm(pps.mas5)) #plot(pm(pps.subtractmm),pm(pps.mas5))