Linear regression and two-class classification with gene expression data.
BACKGROUND
Using gene expression data to classify (or predict) tumor types has received much research attention recently. Due to some special features of gene expression data, several new methods have been proposed, including the weighted voting scheme of Golub et al., the compound covariate method of Hedenfalk et al. (originally proposed by Tukey), and the shrunken centroids method of Tibshirani et al. These methods look different and are more or less ad hoc.


RESULTS
We point out a close connection of the three methods with a linear regression model. Casting the classification problem in the general framework of linear regression naturally leads to new alternatives, such as partial least squares (PLS) methods and penalized PLS (PPLS) methods. Using two real data sets, we show the competitive performance of our new methods when compared with the other three methods.
Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, A460 Mayo Building (MMC 303), Minneapolis, MN 55455-0378, USA.
Xiaohong
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Huang
Wei
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Pan
D000465:Algorithms; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling / Q000379:methods*; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D016014:Linear Models; D008957:Models, Genetic; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity