Data Analysis

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The role of the Data Analyst will be to apply the data analysis pipeline that you learned by analyzing the Dahlquist Lab microarray dataset to complete the analysis of a different published yeast timecourse microarray dataset. The Data Analysts are the end-users of the project, ultimately determining whether the work of the coder/designer and quality assurance members is useful to them.

Guild Members

• Ivy, Marcus
• Emma, Kaitlyn
• Aby, David

Milestones

The milestones do not necessarily correspond to particular weeks; instead they are sets of tasks grouped together.

Milestone 1: Annotated Bibliography

• The Data Analysts will work with their teams to develop an annotated bibliography of papers relating to their team's assigned paper.

Milestone 2: Journal Club Presentation

• The Data Analysts will work with their teams to create and deliver a Journal Club presentation about to their team's assigned paper.

Milestone 3: Complete Microarray Data Analysis

1. Download and examine the microarray dataset, comparing it to the samples and experiment described in your journal club article.
   • Barreto et al. (2012)
   • Kitagawa et al. (2002)
   • Thorsen et al. (2007)
2. Make a "sample-data relationship table" that lists all of the samples (microarray chips), noting the treatment, time point, and replicate number.
   • Come up with consistent column headers that summarize this information
     • For example, the Dahlquist Lab microarray data used strain_LogFC_timepoint-replicate number, as in wt_LogFC_t15-1.
3. Organize the data in a worksheet in an Excel workbook so that:
   • ID is in the first column
   • Data columns are to the right, in increasing chronological order, using the column header pattern you created
   • Replicates are grouped together
4. Perform an ANOVA analysis of the data.
5. Cluster the data with stem.
6. Use YEASTRACT to generate a candidate gene regulatory network.
7. Create an input workbook for GRNmap based on a Microsoft Access database that the Coder/Designer and QA's make.
8. Run GRNmap and interpret data.
9. As the end-user of the Access database, the Data Analysts will provide feedback to the QAs and Coder/Designer about the usability of database.

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