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Jessica K Anderson¹, Jiwei Zhang², Xinshou Ge³

¹Division of Infectious Disease, Center for Data Science, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, 07103, USA.

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Batch effect correction is crucial for reliable data analysis. BatchQC is a new R package offering tools and visualizations to assess and correct batch effects across diverse data types.

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Background:

Batch effects introduce bias in multi-batch data analysis.
Assessing batch effect severity is critical for selecting correction strategies.
Existing tools lack comprehensive, reproducible batch effect evaluation.

Purpose of the Study:

Introduce BatchQC, a novel R package for batch effect assessment and correction.
Provide reproducible tools and visualizations for quantitative and qualitative batch effect analysis.
Facilitate informed decisions on batch correction strategies.

Main Methods:

Developed BatchQC as an R package with an object-oriented design.
Integrated standardized Bioconductor data structures for broad compatibility.

Implemented common batch evaluation methods alongside novel quantitative metrics.

Main Results:

BatchQC offers reproducible workflows for evaluating batch effects.
Provides visualizations for qualitative and quantitative assessment.
Novel metrics enable direct comparison of batch correction methods.

Conclusions:

BatchQC is the first comprehensive R package for batch correction.
Facilitates reproducible assessment and correction of batch effects.
Aids in determining the benefits of batch correction for diverse datasets.