Output Description

Survival Analysis

Running this process for the ProstateCancerExample sample setting generates one filtered output data set accessed from a Results window shown below. Refer to the Survival Analysis process description for more information about this process.

The Results window contains the following panes:

Tab Viewer

This pane provides you with a space to view individual tabs within the Results window. Use the tabs to access and view the output plots and associated data sets.

The following tabs are generated by this process:

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Volcano Plot: This tab shows a Volcano Plot for factors in the Cox survival model.

The output data set (identified by the appended _sva suffix) corresponding to this plot can be accessed by selecting View Data.

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Chromosome Position Plots: This tab shows a separate overlay plot for each chromosome of the meta-analysis p-value by chromosome location for the markers This tab is generated whenever a Chromosome Variable is specified.

Drill Downs

Action buttons provide you with an easy way to drill down into your data.

The following action buttons are generated by this process:

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Open Subset in Tall Format: Select points or rows and click Open Subset in Tall Format to create a tall version of the input data for the selected features.

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Open Subset in Wide Format: Select points or rows and click Open Subset in Wide Format to create a wide version of the input data for the selected features.

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Plot Survival Curves for Stratified Data: Select points from the volcano plot or rows from the output data table and click Plot Survival Curves for Stratified Data to plot Survival Curves for the specified groups.

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Fit Survival Model to Input Data for Selected Rows: Select points from the volcano plot or rows from the output data table and click Fit Survival Model to Input Data for Selected Rows to generate a wide subset data set consisting of the selected rows and a Survival Plot with associated test statistics for the subset data set.

General

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Click View Data to surface the data sets corresponding to the active tab.

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Click Reopen Dialog to reopen the completed process dialog used to generate this output.

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Click Create Report to generate a pdf- or rtf-formatted report containing the plots and charts of selected tabs.

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Click Close All to close all graphics windows and underlying data sets associated with the output.