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CFX96 Touch, CFX96 Touch Deep Well, CFX Connect, and CFX384 Touch Systems Instruction Manual
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Standard Deviation for the Normalized Expression
Re-scaling the normalized expression value is accomplished by dividing the standard 
deviation of the normalized expression by the normalized expression value for the highest or 
lowest individual expression levels, depending on the Scaling Option you choose. The 
standard deviation (SD) of the normalization factor is calculated with this formula:
Where:
• RQ = Relative quantity of a sample
• SD = Standard deviation
• NF = Normalization factor
• Ref = Reference target
• n = Number of reference targets 
When a control sample is assigned, you do not need to perform this re-scaling function on the 
standard deviation, as shown in the following formula:
Where: 
• NE = Normalized expression
• RQ = Relative quantity of a sample
• SD = Standard deviation
• GOI = Gene of interest (one target)
Normalized Expression Scaled to Highest Expression 
Level
When the run does not include controls, scale the normalized expression (NE) for each target 
(gene) by dividing the expression level of each sample by the highest level of expression in all 
the samples. The software sets the highest level of expression to a value of 1 and re-scales all 
the sample expression levels. The highest scaling is calculated by this formula:
Where:
• GOI = Gene of interest (target)
SD NF
n
NF
n
SD RQ
sample (Ref 1)
nRQ
sample (Ref 1)
×
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2
SD RQ
sample (Ref 2)
nRQ
sample (Ref 2)
×
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2
…
SD RQ
sample (Ref n)
nRQ
sample (Ref n)
×
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2
+++×=
SD NE
sample (GOI)
NE
sample (GOI)
SD NF
sample
NF
sample
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2
SD RQ
sample (GOI)
RQ
sample (GOI)
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2
+×=
Scaled Normalized Expression
sample (GOI)
Normalized Expression
sample (GOI)
Normalized Expression
Highest sample (GOI)
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