학술논문

OpenStats: A robust and scalable software package for reproducible analysis of high-throughput phenotypic data.
Document Type
Article
Source
PLoS ONE. 12/30/2020, Vol. 15 Issue 12, p1-12. 12p.
Subject
*INTEGRATED software
*COMPUTER software
*STATISTICS
*DATA analysis
*PIPELINES
Language
ISSN
1932-6203
Abstract
Reproducibility in the statistical analyses of data from high-throughput phenotyping screens requires a robust and reliable analysis foundation that allows modelling of different possible statistical scenarios. Regular challenges are scalability and extensibility of the analysis software. In this manuscript, we describe OpenStats, a freely available software package that addresses these challenges. We show the performance of the software in a high-throughput phenomic pipeline in the International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium (IMPC) and compare the agreement of the results with the most similar implementation in the literature. OpenStats has significant improvements in speed and scalability compared to existing software packages including a 13-fold improvement in computational time to the current production analysis pipeline in the IMPC. Reduced complexity also promotes FAIR data analysis by providing transparency and benefiting other groups in reproducing and re-usability of the statistical methods and results. OpenStats is freely available under a Creative Commons license at www.bioconductor.org/packages/OpenStats. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]