document.write( "Question 1170647: Dr. James has initiated work on cancer systems biology. He has obtained 3 different cell lines for the expression (in nM) of five proteins. Here is the data that he got.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "At the 0.01 and 0.05 level of significance, is there a significant difference protein expression among?
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To determine if there's a significant difference in protein expression among proteins and cell lines, we'll use a two-way ANOVA (Analysis of Variance).\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "**1. Set up the Data**\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Here's the data organized:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "| Cell Line | P53 | Akt | Cyclin D | mTor | GLUT |
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\n" ); document.write( "| Colon | 130 | 121 | 160 | 131 | 171 |
\n" ); document.write( "| Pancreatic | 123 | 113 | 158 | 106 | 165 |
\n" ); document.write( "| Lung | 121 | 112 | 164 | 102 | 149 |\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "**2. Calculate the Necessary Sums and Means**\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "* **Overall Mean (Grand Mean):**
\n" ); document.write( " * Sum of all values = 130 + 121 + 160 + ... + 149 = 1784
\n" ); document.write( " * Total number of values (N) = 15
\n" ); document.write( " * Grand Mean = 1784 / 15 ≈ 118.93\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "* **Cell Line Means:**
\n" ); document.write( " * Colon Mean = (130 + 121 + 160 + 131 + 171) / 5 = 142.6
\n" ); document.write( " * Pancreatic Mean = (123 + 113 + 158 + 106 + 165) / 5 = 133
\n" ); document.write( " * Lung Mean = (121 + 112 + 164 + 102 + 149) / 5 = 129.6\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "* **Protein Means:**
\n" ); document.write( " * P53 Mean = (130 + 123 + 121) / 3 = 124.67
\n" ); document.write( " * Akt Mean = (121 + 113 + 112) / 3 = 115.33
\n" ); document.write( " * Cyclin D Mean = (160 + 158 + 164) / 3 = 160.67
\n" ); document.write( " * mTor Mean = (131 + 106 + 102) / 3 = 113
\n" ); document.write( " * GLUT Mean = (171 + 165 + 149) / 3 = 161.67\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "**3. Calculate Sum of Squares (SS)**\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "* **SS Total (SST):**
\n" ); document.write( " * SST = Σ(xᵢ - Grand Mean)²
\n" ); document.write( " * SST = (130 - 118.93)² + (121 - 118.93)² + ... + (149 - 118.93)² ≈ 4165.73\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "* **SS Between Cell Lines (SS Cells):**
\n" ); document.write( " * SS Cells = Σn(Cell Mean - Grand Mean)² (where n is the number of proteins per cell line, which is 5)
\n" ); document.write( " * SS Cells = 5 * [(142.6 - 118.93)² + (133 - 118.93)² + (129.6 - 118.93)²] ≈ 3208.93\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "* **SS Between Proteins (SS Proteins):**
\n" ); document.write( " * SS Proteins = Σn(Protein Mean - Grand Mean)² (where n is the number of cell lines per protein, which is 3)
\n" ); document.write( " * SS Proteins = 3 * [(124.67 - 118.93)² + (115.33 - 118.93)² + (160.67 - 118.93)² + (113 - 118.93)² + (161.67 - 118.93)²] ≈ 893.33\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "* **SS Error (SSE):**
\n" ); document.write( " * SSE = SST - SS Cells - SS Proteins
\n" ); document.write( " * SSE = 4165.73 - 3208.93 - 893.33 ≈ 63.47\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "**4. Calculate Degrees of Freedom (df)**\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "* df Cells = Number of cell lines - 1 = 3 - 1 = 2
\n" ); document.write( "* df Proteins = Number of proteins - 1 = 5 - 1 = 4
\n" ); document.write( "* df Error = (Number of cell lines - 1) * (Number of proteins - 1) = 2 * 4 = 8
\n" ); document.write( "* df Total = Total number of values - 1 = 15 - 1 = 14\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "**5. Calculate Mean Squares (MS)**\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "* MS Cells = SS Cells / df Cells = 3208.93 / 2 ≈ 1604.47
\n" ); document.write( "* MS Proteins = SS Proteins / df Proteins = 893.33 / 4 ≈ 223.33
\n" ); document.write( "* MS Error = SSE / df Error = 63.47 / 8 ≈ 7.93\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "**6. Calculate F-statistics**\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "* F Cells = MS Cells / MS Error = 1604.47 / 7.93 ≈ 202.33
\n" ); document.write( "* F Proteins = MS Proteins / MS Error = 223.33 / 7.93 ≈ 28.16\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "**7. Determine Critical F-values**\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "* **α = 0.05:**
\n" ); document.write( " * F_critical (2, 8) ≈ 4.46
\n" ); document.write( " * F_critical (4, 8) ≈ 3.84
\n" ); document.write( "* **α = 0.01:**
\n" ); document.write( " * F_critical (2, 8) ≈ 8.65
\n" ); document.write( " * F_critical (4, 8) ≈ 7.01\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "**8. Make Decisions**\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "**(a) Proteins**\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "* F Proteins (28.16) > F_critical (4, 8) at both 0.05 and 0.01.
\n" ); document.write( "* **Conclusion:** There is a significant difference in protein expression among the proteins.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "**(b) Cell Lines**\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "* F Cells (202.33) > F_critical (2, 8) at both 0.05 and 0.01.
\n" ); document.write( "* **Conclusion:** There is a significant difference in protein expression among the cell lines.
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