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Table 1 Overview of scales for interval-attached values. An example, localization and dispersion parameters, as well as visualization method are provided

From: Cogito: automated and generic comparison of annotated genomic intervals

Scale

Example

Localization

Dispersion

Visualization

Binary

Mutation yes or no

Most frequent value

Both values present?

Barplot

Nominal

Category of mutation

Most frequent value

No. of present values

Barplot

Ordinal

Level of methylation

Median

Quantiles

Ordered barplot

interval

Scores of ChIP-seq peaks

Arithmetic mean

Standard deviation

Boxplot

Rational

Expression value

Geo. mean

Coefficient of variation

Boxplot