By default, framework markers specified in the
Framework Linkage Group Variable
field on either the
Annotation
or
Framework Map
tabs are not included in the
k
-means clustering analysis to filter representative markers. By default, any framework marker is assumed to be a representative marker and is output among representative markers from the
k
-means clustering analysis of non-framework markers.
Note
: When this option is checked, the Framework Linkage Group Variable is used as a
variable
in the BY statement of the SAS/STAT PROC FASTCLUS procedure, and clustering analysis is carried out within each level of this
variable
.