Hi I'm using the Limma package to analyze microarray data from a 2x2 factorial loop design. u --- t l l l l v --- v.t The samples hybridized to my arrays are: u/t, t/v.t, v.t/t, v.t/v, v/u, and u/v. My design matrix is: v t v.t v 1 0 0 t 0 1 0 v+v.t 1 0 1 -t-v.t 0 -1 -1 -v -1 0 0 -v-v.t -1 0 -1 I need to find the main effect t, the main effect v, and the interaction effect v.t and have tried several different contrast matrices but none have worked so far since I need to separate t and v from the arrays with v.t on them (and vice versa). Any help would be appreciated. (The array design and design matrix are from Nature Reviews Genetics 3, 579-588 (August 2002) | doi:10.1038/nrg863 by Yang and Speed.) -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/R-factorial-microarray-analysis-with-a-looped-design-tp3234456p3234456.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.