Markov chains for Monte Carlo tests of genetic equilibrium in multidimensional contingency tables

Annals of Statistics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 138-168

  Lazzeroni, Laura C ^a   Lange, Kenneth ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Exact inference; Hardy Weinberg; Independent sampling; Large deviations; Linkage equilibrium; Random transpositions; Strong stationary stopping time

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031492508     PISSN: 00905364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/aos/1034276624     Document Type: Article

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