Q-value
A score derived from the P-value to ensure correction for multiple tests. The Q-value provides an estimate of the positive False Discovery Rate (pFDR), i.e. the rate of false positives among all the cases reported positive: pFDR = FP / (FP + TP).
Synonyms: Padj, FDR, pFDR, Adjusted P-value
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Q-values are widely used in high-throughput data analysis (e.g. detection of differentially expressed genes from transcriptome data).
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-value_(statistics)%20