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Single sided P-value for DESeq2 Likelihood Ratio Test

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glennli • 0

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Hi, Is it possible to obtain single-sided P-values when using DESeq2 to test ratios of ratios using the likelihood ratio test (ie for Ribosome profiling)? Is it valid to perform a Wald test using the log2FoldChange of the ratio of ratios (output from the LRT mode) from as the contrast, or is this flawed/statistically invalid?

dds <- DESeqDataSetFromMatrix(countData = as.matrix(count), colData = as.matrix(coldata),
                              design= ~ assay + condition + assay:condition)
dds <- DESeq(dds, test="LRT", reduced= ~ assay + condition)

wald <- DESeq(dds)
wald_results <- results(wald, contrast = list("assayrpf.conditionplus"), lfcThreshold = 0, altHypothesis = "greater")

Thanks for your help.

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ADD COMMENT • link updated 3.7 years ago by Michael Love 42k • written 3.7 years ago by glennli • 0

score 1 · Answer 1 · 2021-03-01

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Michael Love 42k

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We only have single sided Wald tests. So you can drop the test="LRT" and reduced if you just need the one results() call above.

ADD COMMENT • link 3.7 years ago Michael Love 42k

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Thanks for your reply Mike. Is the Wald test appropriate when testing ratios of ratios? What do I lose from applying this test as compared to the LRT?

ADD REPLY • link 3.7 years ago glennli • 0

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It's appropriate yes. By the way you can just do results(dds, name="...") if you are pulling out one coefficient.

I think the LRT is sometimes more robust when there are scattering of 0's and some very large values, so you could always filter such that at least X number of samples have a moderate count.

ADD REPLY • link 3.7 years ago Michael Love 42k