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Kruskal-Wallis rank test between different subsets of data table


I have a table like this:

chr  start    end   con1_1_1   con1_2_1   con1_3_1  con2_1_4  con2_2_4  con2_3_4
1    1      1   7512 0.45180723 0.21982759 0.06666667 0.4105960 0.1024735 0.2284710
2    1  13169  20070 0.07142857 0.77631579 0.90434783 0.1363636 0.8985507 0.6033058
3    1  36598  37518 0.13750000 0.43300248 0.09113300 0.9612403 0.1233596 0.7459016
4    1  37512  40365 0.64940239 0.95954693 0.46091644 0.7251656 0.1325648 0.4121901
5    1  40359  48801 0.09504132 0.96491228 0.15428571 0.6388889 0.5165165 0.8050847
6    1  77084  83129 0.91773779 0.28978224 0.56115108 0.9587302 0.5469256 0.6995614

My data are in 2 conditions with 3 replications in each condition. I would like for each row to run a Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test, which means that in each row the con1 (with 3 values) will be tested with con2 (with 3 values). This is what I tried to do but I don't know if it works correctly and if the selection is right.

for (j in 1:len) { 

  data=newdata[len,]
  flabel<-factor(c(rep("con1",3),rep("con2",3)))
  data1=c(data[,4],data[,5],data[,6],data[,7],data[,8],data[,9])
  datav=data.frame(flabel,data1)
  test=kruskal.test(data1 ~ flabel, data = datav)
  print(test$p.value)

}

Do you know any faster or more elegant way to do the test for each row?


Solution

  • You can try to create your own function, and apply it to each row. broom::tidy could help:

     library(broom)
    
     # function that put the second 3 cols vs the third 3 cols of the dats,
     # using the kruskal test
     fun <- function(x) {
       tidy(kruskal.test(list(x[4:6],x[7:9])))
     }
    
    apply(dats, 1, fun)
    

    Using the tidy function, you can also do this:

     # store the result as a list
     test <- apply(dats, 1, fun)
    
     # "flat" it
     test <- do.call(rbind,test)
    
    cbind(dats,test)
    
      chr start   end   con1_1_1  con1_2_1   con1_3_1  con2_1_4  con2_2_4  con2_3_4  statistic   p.value parameter
    1   1     1  7512 0.45180723 0.2198276 0.06666667 0.4105960 0.1024735 0.2284710 0.04761905 0.8272593         1
    2   1 13169 20070 0.07142857 0.7763158 0.90434783 0.1363636 0.8985507 0.6033058 0.04761905 0.8272593         1
    3   1 36598 37518 0.13750000 0.4330025 0.09113300 0.9612403 0.1233596 0.7459016 1.19047619 0.2752335         1
    4   1 37512 40365 0.64940239 0.9595469 0.46091644 0.7251656 0.1325648 0.4121901 1.19047619 0.2752335         1
    5   1 40359 48801 0.09504132 0.9649123 0.15428571 0.6388889 0.5165165 0.8050847 0.42857143 0.5126908         1
    6   1 77084 83129 0.91773779 0.2897822 0.56115108 0.9587302 0.5469256 0.6995614 0.42857143 0.5126908         1
                            method
    1 Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test
    2 Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test
    3 Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test
    4 Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test
    5 Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test
    6 Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test
    

    It seems that you have the same results 2 by two:

    # first row
    x <-c( 0.07142857, 0.7763158, 0.90434783)
    y <- c ( 0.1363636, 0.8985507, 0.6033058)
    kruskal.test(list(x,y))
        Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test
    
    data:  list(x, y)
    Kruskal-Wallis chi-squared = 0.047619, df = 1, p-value = 0.8273
    
    # second row
    x <-c( 0.45180723,  0.2198276, 0.06666667)
    y <- c (0.4105960, 0.1024735, 0.2284710)
    kruskal.test(list(x,y))
        Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test
    
    data:  list(x, y)
    Kruskal-Wallis chi-squared = 0.047619, df = 1, p-value = 0.8273
    

    With data:

    dats <- read.table(text ="chr  start    end   con1_1_1   con1_2_1   con1_3_1  con2_1_4  con2_2_4  con2_3_4
    1    1      1   7512 0.45180723 0.21982759 0.06666667 0.4105960 0.1024735 0.2284710
    2    1  13169  20070 0.07142857 0.77631579 0.90434783 0.1363636 0.8985507 0.6033058
    3    1  36598  37518 0.13750000 0.43300248 0.09113300 0.9612403 0.1233596 0.7459016
    4    1  37512  40365 0.64940239 0.95954693 0.46091644 0.7251656 0.1325648 0.4121901
    5    1  40359  48801 0.09504132 0.96491228 0.15428571 0.6388889 0.5165165 0.8050847
    6    1  77084  83129 0.91773779 0.28978224 0.56115108 0.9587302 0.5469256 0.6995614", header = T)