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Sample A: Cover Page of Thesis, Project, or Dissertation Proposal

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various data processing stages are shown in Figure 2.4. The difference in batch 3 is seen in both<br />

the boxplot and histogram densities f<strong>or</strong> the <strong>or</strong>iginal data, as depicted in the graphs on the left.<br />

The middle graphs present the effect <strong>of</strong> removing all <strong>of</strong> the arrays in batch 3, but applying no<br />

additional sample cleansing steps to the data (used as input into the RMA and dCHIP alg<strong>or</strong>ithms<br />

[23, 58]). The data distributions still demonstrate a substantial skew. The right-most graphs<br />

depict our probe cleansed and sample cleansed data, in log2 space. Note that the linear range cut-<br />

<strong>of</strong>f enf<strong>or</strong>ces a truncation <strong>of</strong> the data distributions, which is most visible in the boxplots. The<br />

improved n<strong>or</strong>mality <strong>of</strong> the data distribution observed in the last density plot is a result <strong>of</strong> the<br />

combination <strong>of</strong> probe and sample cleansing; no scaling was applied to the data. Removal <strong>of</strong><br />

batch 3 accounted f<strong>or</strong> 38 samples.<br />

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