Comparison of methods for analyzing binary data arising from two-sample twin studies

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 349-363

  Gao, X J ^a   Klar, N ^b   Donner, A ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Common correlation model; Goodness of fit method; Maximum likelihood estimation; Odds ratio; Simulation; Tetrachoric correlation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PROBABILITY; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TWINS;

CORONARY DISEASE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RESEARCH DESIGN; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TWIN STUDIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

GENETTA;

EID: 0030745908     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(1997)14:4<349::AID-GEPI2>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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