achieves_planned_objective replicate analysis A replicate analysis is a data transformation in which data from replicates are combined, e.g. through descriptive statistics calculations, and the results might be utilized for a variety of purposes, like assessing reproducibility, identifying outliers, normalizing, etc. Elisabetta Manduchi Helen Parkinson PERSON: Helen Parkinson PERSON:Elisabetta Manduchi Replicate analysis can be used in microarray analysis to identify and potentially exclude low quality data. replicate analysis data normalization objective normalization data transformation ready for release