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In statistics and bioinformatics, you’ll often see results reported with p-values, FDR, and q-values (q-scores). But what do these terms mean, and how are they different? Let’s break them down with simple definitions and a step-by-step example.

In today’s era of big biology, we’re generating more data than ever before—genomes, transcriptomes, proteomes, metabolomes, microbiomes… you name it. But raw biological data doesn’t speak for itself. Making sense of it requires more than traditional...