Comparison and evaluation of statistical error models for scRNA-seq

BACKGROUND: Heterogeneity in single-cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq) data is driven by multiple sources, including biological variation in cellular state as well as technical variation introduced during experimental processing. Moreover, we find that the degree of overdispersion varies widely across datasets, systems, and gene abundances, and argues for a data-driven approach for parameter estimation.

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• 1 Deconvolving these effects is a key challenge for preprocessing workflows.
• 2 Recent work has demonstrated the importance and utility of count models for scRNA-seq analysis, but there is a lack of consensus on which statistical distributions and parameter settings are appropriate.
• 3 RESULTS: Here, we analyze 59 scRNA-seq datasets that span a wide range of technologies, systems, and sequencing depths in order to evaluate the performance of different error models.

This research advances how AI systems learn, reason, and solve problems — with direct implications for automation and scientific discovery.

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