This document discusses approaches for analyzing microarray gene expression data with few observations. It suggests assuming a canonical distribution based on prior knowledge, like the log-normal distribution often seen in this type of data. Parameters of this distribution can then be estimated from the available observations using techniques like estimating the mean and variance. A t-statistic can be used to determine if two gene conditions have the same distribution parameters and thus identify differentially expressed genes. Quality control plots of the data are recommended to validate distribution assumptions.