• What is ORA?

  • P-hacking

  • How PEBBA works

  • What is ORA?

  • P-hacking

  • How PEBBA works

Over Representation Analysis

ORA is a statistical method that determines whether genes from pre-defined sets are present more than would be expected  in a subset of your data

Hipergeometric Test

Hipergeometric Distribution

Pr(X=k)=\frac{ \binom{K}{k} \binom{N-K}{n-k}} {\binom{N}{n}}

N: Number of genes

K: Number of genes in a group

n: Number of differentially expressed genes

k: Number of differentially expressed genes in that group

 

  • What is ORA?

  • P-hacking

  • How PEBBA works

Multiple Comparisons

Multiple Comparisons

Spurious correlations

  • What is ORA?

  • P-hacking

  • How PEBBA works

GMT

DEG

GMT

DEG

\(\pi\_value = -\log_{10}(p\_value) \cdot \log_2 FC\)

Quick Demo

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