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# Quality Check

Let’s run a simple **Quality Check** analysis of the profiles in this dataset from the Parkinson’s disease study.

## Select ‘Quality Check’ <a href="#span-classeztocsection-idselecte28098qualitycheckspanselect-quality-check-span-classeztocsectionends" id="span-classeztocsection-idselecte28098qualitycheckspanselect-quality-check-span-classeztocsectionends"></a>

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## Select your dataset <a href="#span-classeztocsection-idselectyourdatasetspanselect-your-dataset-span-classeztocsectionendspan" id="span-classeztocsection-idselectyourdatasetspanselect-your-dataset-span-classeztocsectionendspan"></a>

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## Fill in details for future referencing <a href="#span-classeztocsection-idfillindetailsforfuturereferencingspanfill-in-details-for-future-referencing" id="span-classeztocsection-idfillindetailsforfuturereferencingspanfill-in-details-for-future-referencing"></a>

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## Input the arguments according to your desired output <a href="#span-classeztocsection-idinputtheargumentsaccordingtoyourdesiredoutputspaninput-the-arguments-accord" id="span-classeztocsection-idinputtheargumentsaccordingtoyourdesiredoutputspaninput-the-arguments-accord"></a>

## Select ‘Run Analysis’ <a href="#span-classeztocsection-idselecte28098runanalysisspanselect-run-analysisspan-classeztocsectionendspan" id="span-classeztocsection-idselecte28098runanalysisspanselect-run-analysisspan-classeztocsectionendspan"></a>

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## Wait for the analysis to complete <a href="#span-classeztocsection-idwaitfortheanalysistocompletespanwait-for-the-analysis-to-completespan-class" id="span-classeztocsection-idwaitfortheanalysistocompletespanwait-for-the-analysis-to-completespan-class"></a>

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## Check out your results! <a href="#span-classeztocsection-idcheckoutyourresultsspancheck-out-your-resultsspan-classeztocsectionendspan" id="span-classeztocsection-idcheckoutyourresultsspancheck-out-your-resultsspan-classeztocsectionendspan"></a>

Analysis results can be directly checked on EzP by selecting the analysis link in the ‘Analysis’ column or by downloading the results by selecting the icon in the Output column.&#x20;

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