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variancePartition

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Quantify and interpret drivers of variation in multilevel gene expression experiments

v1.42.0 · software · GPL-2

Release Lineage

Entered 3.2 · Oct 14, 2015

Current · Requires R 4.6

1.0 In 22 of 49 releases 3.23

Description

Quantify and interpret multiple sources of biological and technical variation in gene expression experiments. Uses a linear mixed model to quantify variation in gene expression attributable to individual, tissue, time point, or technical variables. Includes dream differential expression analysis for repeated measures.

Test coverage

Line coverage

Expression

Tests / Examples

Functions

71 23 exported

Complexity

7.2 avg / 120 max

Call network

71 nodes / 51 edges

Test coverage is not measured for Bioconductor packages; nodes fall back to a neutral fill.

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Lowest coverage

Per-function coverage is not measured for this package yet.

Code

Structure

Lines of code

15,121

Files

608

Compiled share

0%

Has compiled src

No

Language breakdown

R 8,346 (55.2%)Tests 1 (0%)Docs 3,208 (21.2%)Vignettes 3,566 (23.6%)

API

Exported functions

38

Internal functions

48

Recent export changes

v3.9+2 classifyTestsF, voomWithDreamWeights
v3.8+1 plotContrasts

Testing & CI

Has tests

Yes

Test-to-code ratio

0.00

testthat edition

CI present

No

CI type

[]

PR gated

No

Docs

Roxygen coverage

100%

Health & Security signals

Informational signals; not verdicts.

on.exit coverage

25%

Unsafe pattern score

0

Dep constraint coverage

17.2%

Secret pattern count

0

Bundled 3rd-party code

2 items

Portability & License

Min R version

4.3.0

System requirements

C++ standard

License

GPL-2

License flags

SPDX valid, OSI approved

History

Versions

22

First release

2016-03-03

Latest release

2026-04-28

Avg cadence

194 days

Cold removal rate

100%

Dep drift

30

LOC over versions

v3.2: 3,508 LOCv3.3: 5,835 LOCv3.4: 6,112 LOCv3.5: 6,115 LOCv3.6: 6,189 LOCv3.7: 7,854 LOCv3.8: 8,112 LOCv3.9: 9,215 LOCv3.10: 9,479 LOCv3.11: 10,680 LOCv3.12: 10,414 LOCv3.13: 10,414 LOCv3.14: 11,864 LOCv3.15: 11,864 LOCv3.16: 12,518 LOCv3.17: 12,661 LOCv3.19: 14,959 LOCv3.18: 13,471 LOCv3.20: 14,998 LOCv3.21: 15,062 LOCv3.22: 15,121 LOCv3.23: 15,121 LOC

Per-file churn detail lives in the source pipeline: https://github.com/r-observatory/bioc-code-metrics.

Documentation

Documentation
READMEYes · 225 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteYesNEWSYes · 67% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo
Examples that run
100%
Documented parameters
97%
Return-value docs
84%
References docs
6%

Topics

Depended on by (6)

People

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("variancePartition")
Hoffman, G. (2026). variancePartition: Quantify and interpret drivers of variation in multilevel gene expression experiments (Version 1.42.0) [Computer software]. https://bioconductor.org/packages/variancePartition

This is what citation() produces when a package has no citation file of its own. If it prints something else, use that.

Cite the R Observatory

For a number measured here: a download total, a coverage figure, an archival date.

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for variancePartition version 1.42.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-22. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

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