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Discussion board for modifications to the scater paper
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Page 4: Data quality control: Paragraph 8 #15

Closed LTLA closed 8 years ago

LTLA commented 8 years ago

It should prove particularly useful for the less programmatically inclined, as it opens an interactive interface in a web browser that facilitates exploration of the data through QC plots and other visualisations. The GUI allows users to easily examine the effects of changing multiple parameters, so even for experienced programmers it can be helpful as a fast way of conducting exploratory data analysis to guide data processing scripts for reproducible research.

This section is patronizing. I don't see the need to stress the incompetence of our potential users. Why not just:

This opens an interactive interface in a web browser that facilitates exploration of the data through QC plots and other intuitive visualisations. The GUI allows users of any background to easily examine the effects of changing multiple parameters, which can be helpful for quickly conducting exploratory data analysis. Useful settings can then be stored in R scripts to ensure that data analyses are reproducible.

davismcc commented 8 years ago

Good point - have used your much-improved version.