Method and computer program for controlling the family-wise alpha rate in gene association studies involving multiple phenotypes

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-101

  Allison, David B ^a,c   Beasley, Mark ^b  

^a The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple inference; Significance testing; Statistical power; Studies; Type I error rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0031930149     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(1998)15:1<87::AID-GEPI7>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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