Understanding `scale` in R

Question

I\'m trying to understand the definition of scale that R provides. I have data (mydata) that I want to make a heat map with, and there is a VERY st

Answer 1

It provides nothing else but a standardization of the data. The values it creates are known under several different names, one of them being z-scores ("Z" because the normal distribution is also known as the "Z distribution").

More can be found here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_score